nonsense mutation

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

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  • nonsense mutation — nonsense mutation. См. нонсенс мутация. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Nonsense mutation — In genetics, a nonsense mutation is a point mutation in a sequence of DNA that results in a premature stop codon, or a nonsense codon in the transcribed mRNA, and in a truncated, incomplete, and usually nonfunctional protein product. It differs… …   Wikipedia

  • Nonsense mutation — A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA (mRNA) resulting in a polypeptide chain that ends prematurely and a protein product that is truncated (abbreviated) and incomplete and… …   Medical dictionary

  • nonsense mutation — beprasmė mutacija statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Genetinė mutacija, kurioje prasmingas kodonas pasidaro beprasmiškuoju ir atvirkščiai – beprasmiškasis kodonas pasidaro prasmingu kodonu. atitikmenys: angl. nonsense mutation rus.… …   Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas

  • nonsense mutation — Mutation in coding DNA that prevents the protein from being synthesized …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • nonsense mutation — A mutation that converts a sense codon to a nonsense or stop codon …   Dictionary of microbiology

  • nonsense mutation — A mutation that changes a coding triplet into a triplet that codes for no amino acid and terminates the polypeptide chain …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • nonsense mutation — A mutation which converts an amino acid specifying codon into a stop codon, e.g. a single base change from UAU to UAG generates the premature termination of the polypeptide chain at the position where a tyrosine was incorporated in the wild type …   Glossary of Biotechnology

  • Nonsense (disambiguation) — Nonsense is an utterance or written text that does not in fact carry any identifiable meaning. Nonsense may also mean: Abstract nonsense, a term used by mathematicians to describe certain kinds of arguments and concepts in category theory In… …   Wikipedia

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