| missense | <molecular biology> As used in genetics, a mutation that causes a sequence such that there is a substitution of one amino acid residue for another. Missense suppression, a mutation in tRNA that allows for incorporation of an amino acid residue that allows for full function of the gene product. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| missense mutation | <molecular biology> A mutation that alters a codon for a particular amino acid to one specifying a different amino acid. (18 Nov 1997) |