• In genetics, a missense mutation is a point mutation in which a single nucleotide change results in a codon that codes for a different amino acid. It...
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    or elimination of protein production. Missense mutations code for a different amino acid. A missense mutation changes a codon so that a different protein...
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  • nonsense mutations leads to premature termination of polypeptide chains; they are also called chain termination mutations. Missense mutations differ from...
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    unique mutations, with 37 affecting the spike protein. There have been a number of missense mutations observed of SARS-CoV-2. The name of the mutation, del...
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    Nonsynonymous substitutions can be classified as nonsense or missense mutations: A missense mutation changes a nucleotide to cause substitution of a different...
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    Stop codon (redirect from Amber mutation)
    codon but, instead, delete one. Nonstop mutations also differ from missense mutations, which are point mutations where a single nucleotide is changed to...
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    tails in these cats are the result of a missense mutation of the HES7 gene. It is the same cause of the mutation in Japanese Bobtails, making it likely...
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    826 300 T>C missense mutation (p.Gln697Arg) at chr15:48 796 007 T>G missense mutation (p.Asn703His) at chr15:48 795 990 C>T missense mutation (p. Val916Met)...
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    found in a family of Berber horses. It is a missense mutation identical to the second missense mutation in W17. The horses with W30 are white or almost...
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    alterations (frameshift deletions/insertions and nonsense mutations), splice-site mutations, missense mutations and others. Deletions, too, in the NH2-terminal...
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    100 distinct mutations in the light-sensing molecule rhodopsin are known to cause (adRP). Most of these mutations are missense mutations affecting single...
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  • the largest number of DS-related mutations characterized thus far occur in this gene. Typically, a missense mutation in either the S5 or S6 segment of...
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    enzyme at all. Thus, missense mutations may be more common overall because they are less lethal than nonsense mutations; nonsense mutations may simply result...
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    BRCA1 (redirect from BRCA1 mutation)
    homologous domains interact to control cellular responses to DNA damage. A missense mutation at the interface of these two proteins can perturb the cell cycle...
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    Al Balwi M, Alrasheed S, et al. (March 2010). "Homozygosity for a missense mutation in SERPINH1, which encodes the collagen chaperone protein HSP47, results...
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    for codon 234 exhibit this mutation which changes a tryptophan to a glycine. This possibly suggests HT1 missense mutations also inhibiting enzymatic activity...
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    severity of the condition. In affected goats, the CLCN1 gene contains a missense mutation; the amino acid alanine is replaced with a proline residue. This small...
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  • Martin; Owen, Mike; Hardy, John (February 1991). "Segregation of a missense mutation in the amyloid precursor protein gene with familial Alzheimer's disease"...
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    Most lamin B mutations appear to be lethal with mutations in lamin B1 causing death at birth in mice. In 2006, lamin B2 missense mutations were identified...
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    missense or substitution mutation in the gene encoding the hemoglobin B subunit polypeptide chain. A missense mutation means the nucleotide mutation alters...
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  • occurring polypeptide. Missense mRNA molecules are created when template DNA strands or the mRNA strands themselves undergo a missense mutation in which a protein...
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    phenotype. Codon degeneracy Neutral mutation Genealogical DNA test Missense mutation Nonsense mutation Point mutation Synonymous substitution Kimchi-Sarfaty...
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  • At least one other missense mutation outside of the S1 region, T224R, also leads to loss of function. While very few mutations in CNGB3 have been characterized...
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    Apolipoprotein B deficiency is an autosomal dominant disorder resulting from a missense mutation which reduces the affinity of apoB-100 for the low-density lipoprotein...
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  • Sutherland G, Richards R (1999). "Detection of a novel missense mutation and second recurrent mutation in the CACNA1A gene in individuals with EA-2 and FHM"...
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    allele is a transition point mutation from guanine to adenine at nucleotide 845 in HFE, resulting in a missense mutation that replaces the cysteine residue...
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    these are nonsense mutations causing the protein to be abnormally short, and two are deletion mutations, while ten are missense mutations that substitute...
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    16 June 2013. Li; Bed'hom; Marthay; et al. (20 November 2018). "A missense mutation in TYRP1 causes the chocolate plumage color in chicken and alters...
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    HAE with normal C1-inhibitor is caused by a mutation of the plasminogen gene, namely a rare missense mutation within the kringle 3 domain of plasminogen...
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    inherited in an X-linked dominant manner, and is attributed to a missense mutation in the MED12 gene. There is currently no treatment or therapy for...
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