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GO: The process preceding formation of the peptide bond between the first two amino acids of a protein. This includes the formation of a complex of the ribosome, mRNA, and an initiation complex that contains the first aminoacyl-tRNA. [ISBN:019879276X],NCI: Translation Initiation consists of cellular and enzymatic reactions that instigate the process by which polypeptides are synthesized on ribosomes from information in mRNA transcripts to specify the sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain.