Nonsense mutation
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nonsense-mutation-250-4581349
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Nonsense mutation
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In genetics, a nonsense mutation is a point mutation in a sequence of DNA that results in a nonsense codon, or a premature stop codon in the transcribed mRNA, and leads to a truncated, incomplete, and possibly nonfunctional protein product. Nonsense mutations are not always harmful; the functional effect of a nonsense mutation depends on many aspects, such as the location of the stop codon within the coding DNA. For example, the effect of a nonsense mutation depends on the proximity of the nonse
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Type of mutation in a DNA sequence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsense_mutation
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2024-03-09T22:43:05Z
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