readthrough

Noun

Meaning

The process of reading through something; a perusal.

(film, television, theater) An organized reading of the screenplay or script by all of the actors, prior to the actual performance.

(genetics) The situation where a modified stop codon allows transcription to continue beyond the usual point.

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Mutated tRNAs can be the cause of readthrough, but also certain nucleotide motifs close to the stop codon. Source: Internet

Translational readthrough is very common in viruses and bacteria, and has also been found as a gene regulatory principle in humans. citation Nonstop mutations main A nonstop mutation is a point mutation that occurs within a stop codon. Source: Internet

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