Term Name: translational readthrough
Synonyms: natural nonsense suppression
Definition: The continuation of translation beyond a stop codon by the use of a special tRNA that recognizes the UAG and UGA codons as modified amino acids, rather than as termination codons.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006451]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: regulation of translation translational elongation
has subtype: pyrrolysine incorporation selenocysteine incorporation viral translational readthrough