missense

Noun

Meaning

missense (countable and uncountable, plural missenses)

(biology) A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has an incorrect meaning, with the result that its products do not do what they are supposed to do.

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Novel three missense mutations observed in Von Hippel-Lindau gene in a patient reported with renal cell carcinoma. Source: Internet

Framework identifies genetic missense mutations linked to autism spectrum disorderA new study established a computationally integrated approach to investigate the functional impact of missense mutations. Source: Internet

However, it is known that single missense mutations can have a large spectrum from rather mild to very severe functional affects. Source: Internet

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