Name: | Codon, Nonsense |
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Description: | An amino acid-specifying codon that has been converted to a stop codon (CODON, TERMINATOR) by mutation. Its occurance is abnormal causing premature termination of protein translation and results in production of truncated and non-functional proteins. A nonsense mutation is one that converts an amino acid-specific codon to a stop codon. |
Synonyms: |
Mutation, Ochre Nonsense; Mutation, Opal Nonsense; Stop Codon, Premature; Mutation, Nonsense; Codon, Premature Termination; Nonsense Mutations, Opal; Mutations, Opal Nonsense; Nonsense Mutation, Amber; Codon, Unassigned; Nonsense Mutations.
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