Nonsense Mutation Definition
noun
A type of mutation that produces an incomplete polypeptide instead of a specific, fully functional protein, caused by the substitution, during translation, of one base pair for another and the premature termination of translation.
Webster's New World
(genetics) A point mutation that generates either a premature stop codon, or a codon that does not specify any amino acid.
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Other Word Forms of Nonsense Mutation
Noun
Singular:
nonsense mutation
Plural:
nonsense-mutations
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