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What tells a ribosome to start making a protein

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A start codon is present, which is an indicator for the ribosome to start making a protein. The start codon is AUG and is the first codon of messenger RNA, to be translated by a ribosome, into a protein. It codes for methionine in eukaryotes and modified methionine in prokaryotes. 
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