steps in translation: termination Flashcards
1
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termination
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occurs when a stop codon enters the ribosome’s A site
2
Q
aided by protein release factors (RF’s) which
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recognize stop codon
3
Q
completes polypeptide is cleaved from
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tRNA and ribosome subunits dissociate
4
Q
subunits are free to form new
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initiation complexes and repeat the entire process on a new mRNA strand