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What does missense mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has an incorrect meaning, with the result that its products do not do what they are supposed to do.
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All families harbored compound heterozygous mutations, most commonly a truncating mutation combined with a missense mutation.
The latter harbor the ortholog of the most frequently encountered human R350P desmin missense mutation.
Protein modeling demonstrated that the missense mutation is damaging and may alter binding to ATP molecules.
Using missense mutants to test the ability of Hsp60 and Hsp70 chaperones to rescue misfolded proteins.
Thus, MGCD265 inhibits signaling through both wild type and mutant forms of Met and may benefit patients with cancers in which Met is activated due to missense mutations.
Structural analysis of missense mutations causing isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency.

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