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Descriptor English: Point Mutation
Descriptor Spanish: Mutación Puntual
Descriptor mutación puntual
Scope note: Mutación causada por sustitución de un nucleótido por otro. Esto da lugar a que en la molécula de ADN haya un cambio en un único par de bases.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mutação Puntual
Descriptor French: Mutation ponctuelle
Entry term(s): Mutation, Point
Mutations, Point
Point Mutations
Tree number(s): G05.365.590.675
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017354
Scope note: A mutation caused by the substitution of one nucleotide for another. This results in the DNA molecule having a change in a single base pair.
Annotation: see MUTATION for correct use of /drug eff & /rad eff
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Mutation (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Related: Mutation, Missense MeSH
DeCS ID: 30613
Unique ID: D017354
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Point Mutation - Preferred
Concept UI M0026348
Scope note A mutation caused by the substitution of one nucleotide for another. This results in the DNA molecule having a change in a single base pair.
Preferred term Point Mutation
Entry term(s) Mutation, Point
Mutations, Point
Point Mutations



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