Nonsense Codon

An amino acid-specifying codon that has been converted to a stop codon (CODON, TERMINATOR) by mutation. Its occurance is abnormal causing premature termination of protein translation and results in production of truncated and non-functional proteins. A nonsense mutation is one that converts an amino acid-specific codon to a stop codon.

Also Known As:

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Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides: 1
- Nucleic Acids: 11752
  - RNA: 69704
    - Messenger RNA: 115441
      - Codon: 9139
        Terminator Codon: 208
        Nonsense Codon: 2927
Genetic Phenomena
- Genetic Structures
  - Genetic Code
    - Codon: 9139
      - Terminator Codon: 208
        Nonsense Codon: 2927
- Genetic Variation
  - Mutation
    - Nonsense Codon: 2927

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