- nonsense mutation
-
A point mutation that generates either a premature stop codon, or a codon that does not specify any amino acid.
Wikipedia foundation.
nonsense mutation
Look at other dictionaries:
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
Mutation — For other uses, see Mutation (disambiguation). Part of the Biology series on Evolution … Wikipedia
