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Nonsense mutation is when there is a [[ | Nonsense mutation is when there is a [[Nucleotide|nucleotide]] substitution causing a different [[Amino acid|amino acid]] to be coded for, which creates a [[Stop codon|stop codon]] . This causes the protein that is being encoded for to be truncated due to the premature termination of [[Translation|translation]]<ref>Hartl, D. and Jones, E. (2009) Genetics: Genes and Genomes, U.S.A: Jones and Bartlett, page 515</ref>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:18, 10 December 2018
Nonsense mutation is when there is a nucleotide substitution causing a different amino acid to be coded for, which creates a stop codon . This causes the protein that is being encoded for to be truncated due to the premature termination of translation[1].
References
- ↑ Hartl, D. and Jones, E. (2009) Genetics: Genes and Genomes, U.S.A: Jones and Bartlett, page 515