11.5: Key Words and Terms
| 64 codons | genetic code | ribonucleoprotein |
| adapter molecules | initiation | ribosome |
| amino terminus | initiation complex | small ribosomal subunit |
| aminoacyl tRNA | initiation factors | start codon |
| aminoacyl tRNA synthase | large ribosomal subunit | termination |
| anticodon | meaningful codons | termination factor |
| AUG | mRNA, tRNA | translocation |
| bacterial bound ribosomes | nascent chains | triplets |
| Carboxyl-terminus | ochre, amber, opal | tRNA v. tRNAaa |
| colinearity | peptide linkage | UAG, UUA, UGA |
| comma-less genetic code | peptidyl transferase | universal genetic code |
| degenerate genetic code | polypeptide | UUU |
| elongation | polysome | Wobble Hypothesis |
| free v. bound ribosomes | reading phase |