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peptide chain termination (medicine) and legitimize (iou)


peptide chain termination (medicine)


peptide chain termination


The process whereby the last amino acid is added to a polypeptide. This termination is signaled by one of three termination triplets in the mRNA, immediately following the last amino acid codon.


legitimize (iou)



legitimize verb trans. Also legitimise. M19.
[from Latin legitimus (see LEGITIME) + -IZE.]
Make (esp. a child) legitimate; serve as a justification for.
legitimi'zation noun M19.