Frameshift Mutation
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Frameshift Mutation Definition
A type of mutation in which one or more paired nucleotides are inserted or deleted in the coding region of a gene, which causes the triplet codons to be read in the wrong frame; the resulting polypeptide has a garbled amino acid sequence from the mutated codon on. (BioTech Life Science Dictionary)
Frameshift Mutation Synonyms
Frameshift Mutation, Mutation, Frameshift, Reading Frame Shift Mutation
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