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Descriptor English: Mutation, Missense
Descriptor Spanish: Mutación Missense
Descriptor mutación de sentido erróneo
Scope note: Una mutación en la que un codón muta a uno que dirige la incorporación de un aminoácido diferente. Esta sustitución puede dar lugar a un producto inestable o inactivo. (Dictionary of Genetics, King & Stansfield, 5th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mutação de Sentido Incorreto
Descriptor French: Mutation faux-sens
Entry term(s): Missense Mutation
Missense Mutations
Mutations, Missense
Tree number(s): G05.365.590.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020125
Scope note: A mutation in which a codon is mutated to one directing the incorporation of a different amino acid. This substitution may result in an inactive or unstable product. (From A Dictionary of Genetics, King & Stansfield, 5th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Amino Acid Sequence (1966-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Related: Amino Acid Substitution MeSH
Point Mutation MeSH
DeCS ID: 33909
Unique ID: D020125
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Mutation, Missense - Preferred
Concept UI M0029865
Scope note A mutation in which a codon is mutated to one directing the incorporation of a different amino acid. This substitution may result in an inactive or unstable product. (From A Dictionary of Genetics, King & Stansfield, 5th ed)
Preferred term Mutation, Missense
Entry term(s) Missense Mutation
Missense Mutations
Mutations, Missense



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