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Nonsense mutation is when there is a 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]] | Nonsense mutation is when there is a 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]][1]. | ||
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<sup>[1] </sup>Hartl, D. and Jones, E. (2009) Genetics: Genes and Genomes, U.S.A: Jones and Bartlett, page 515 | <sup>[1] </sup>Hartl, D. and Jones, E. (2009) Genetics: Genes and Genomes, U.S.A: Jones and Bartlett, page 515 | ||
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Revision as of 12:28, 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].
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[1] Hartl, D. and Jones, E. (2009) Genetics: Genes and Genomes, U.S.A: Jones and Bartlett, page 515