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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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If this change results in a functionally different amino acid, then a missense mutation may result.
All mutations, including the missense mutations, result in nearly absent alpha-fucosidase activity.
Only three of the mutations are of the missense type as they result in the replacement of one amino acid with another.
Previously, only one particular missense mutation was thought to impact greatly on breast cancer risk.
The latter harbor the ortholog of the most frequently encountered human R350P desmin missense mutation.
Using missense mutants to test the ability of Hsp60 and Hsp70 chaperones to rescue misfolded proteins.

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