Missense Definition

mĭssĕns
adjective
Of or relating to a mutation that changes a codon for one amino acid into a codon for a different amino acid.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
(biology) A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has an incorrect meaning, with the result that its products do not do what they are supposed to do.
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Other Word Forms of Missense

Noun

Singular:
missense
Plural:
missenses

Origin of Missense

  • mis– (non)sense

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Missense Sentence Examples

  • Milder disease was observed in some cases carrying missense mutations as compared with those carrying truncating mutations.

  • This project addresses how missense mutations are analyzed before an interpreted report is issued.

  • Missense mutation analysis This project is investigating the application of bioinformatic tools to determine the pathogenicity of unclassified missense mutations.

  • These are both missense mutations, changing the valine residue at 287 to leucine 19 or to methionine 20.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIS

Words Ending With

ESENSE

Unscrambles

missense

Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MI & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With SE

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With M8 Letter Words Ending With E