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nonsense mutations

nonsense mutations is the plural of nonsense mutation.

Meaning of nonsense mutation

Noun

nonsense mutation (plural nonsense mutations)

  1. A point mutation that generates either a premature stop codon, or a codon that does not specify any amino acid.

Questions about nonsense mutations

What is nonsense mutations the plural of?
Nonsense mutations is the plural of nonsense mutation.

Words near nonsense mutations in the dictionary

  1. nonsensational
  2. nonsensationalist
  3. nonsensationalistic
  4. nonsense
  5. nonsense mutation
  6. nonsense mutations
  7. nonsense syndrome
  8. nonsense word
  9. nonsense words
  10. nonsense-mediated decay
  11. nonsensed

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