termination codon

[ tûr′mə-nā′shən ]

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See stop codon.

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How to use termination codon in a sentence

Wright has filed a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful termination.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired.|David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But she expressed no regrets mainly because of her concerns about how much her fetus suffered before termination.
A Christian Case for Abortion Rights?|Keli Goff|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I remembered the usual termination of Platonic liaisons, and thought how disgusted I had been whenever I heard of one.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"He's too good for MSNBC," Coulter emailed The Daily Beast after Baldwin's termination.
Heads Roll in TV Land: Lara Logan & Alec Baldwin Punished|Lloyd Grove|November 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

This was it: An impending termination of the oppression and hardship that comprised so many of our Arab landscapes.
Defeating the Arab Spring Syndrome of Self-Defeat|Talal Alyan|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sam sat opposite him in perfect silence, waiting, with eager curiosity, for the termination of the scene.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
This information was balm to Louis, as it seemed to promise a peaceful termination to so threatening an affair.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Wars in India and China, brought gloriously to an advantageous termination.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
By some of the best historical writers, the commencement and termination are variously stated.
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853|Various
As the names are now, I do not see anything purely Scandinavian in them, except the termination -by.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various