missense
missense noun: 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.
Noun
missense (countable and uncountable, plural missenses)
- 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.
Verb
missense (third-person singular simple present missenses, present participle missensing, simple past and past participle missensed)
- To sense incorrectly.
- One possibility is that if G6PT is a G6P sensor, it may be missensing the intracellular concentrations and misdirecting further accumulation.2012, Stefan Bröer, Carsten A. Wagner, Membrane Transporter Diseases, page 194
Forms of missense
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | missenses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | missenses |
| present participle | missensing |
| past participle | missensed |
| past | missensed |
Origin of missense
From mis- + sense.
Words formed from missense
Phrases with missense
Questions about missense
- What does missense mean?
- Missense means 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.
- What part of speech is missense?
- Missense can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of missense?
- The plural of missense is missenses.
Words near missense in the dictionary
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