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frameshift mutation

noun

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  1. A genetic mutation that either inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not…

    A genetic mutation that either inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not divisible by three (i.e., a non-integer number of codons), altering the reading frame of the portion of the gene downstream of the mutation and causing it to code for a completely different protein sequence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for frameshift mutation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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