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Start codon
The start
codon
is the first codon of a
messenger RNA
(mRNA) transcript translated by a
ribosome
. The start codon always codes for
methionine
in
eukaryotes
and a modified Met (
fMet
) in
prokaryotes
. The most common start codon is AUG.
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