nonsense mutation

English

Noun

nonsense mutation (plural nonsense mutations)

(genetics) A point mutation that generates either a premature stop codon, or a codon that does not specify any amino acid.

Coordinate terms

missense mutation

Translations

genetics: inproductive mutation

Finnish: nonsense-mutaatio

Further reading

nonsense mutation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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