initiation factor
n.
Any of several soluble proteins involved in the initiation of protein synthesis and released from the ribosome as it progresses into chain elongation.
Words nearby initiation factor
initialism, initialize, initiate, initiating agent, initiation, initiation factor, initiative, initiator, initiatory, initis, inject
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