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nonsense-mediated decay

nonsense-mediated decay noun: a cellular pathway for the rapid destruction of messenger RNAs with premature stop codons resulting from nonsense mutations or frameshifts.

Noun

nonsense-mediated decay (uncountable)

  1. A cellular pathway for the rapid destruction of messenger RNAs with premature stop codons resulting from nonsense mutations or frameshifts.
    Synonyms:
    NMD

Synonyms of nonsense-mediated decay

Questions about nonsense-mediated decay

What does nonsense-mediated decay mean?
Nonsense-mediated decay means a cellular pathway for the rapid destruction of messenger RNAs with premature stop codons resulting from nonsense mutations or frameshifts.
What part of speech is nonsense-mediated decay?
Nonsense-mediated decay is a noun.

Words near nonsense-mediated decay in the dictionary

  1. nonsense mutation
  2. nonsense mutations
  3. nonsense syndrome
  4. nonsense word
  5. nonsense words
  6. nonsense-mediated decay
  7. nonsensed
  8. nonsensely
  9. nonsenses
  10. nonsensibility
  11. nonsensible

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