"Frameshift Mutation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of mutation in which a number of NUCLEOTIDES deleted from or inserted into a protein coding sequence is not divisible by three, thereby causing an alteration in the READING FRAMES of the entire coding sequence downstream of the mutation. These mutations may be induced by certain types of MUTAGENS or may occur spontaneously.
| Descriptor ID |
D016368
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.265
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| Concept/Terms |
Frameshift Mutation- Frameshift Mutation
- Frameshift Mutations
- Mutations, Frameshift
- Out-of-Frame Mutation
- Mutation, Out-of-Frame
- Mutations, Out-of-Frame
- Out of Frame Mutation
- Out-of-Frame Mutations
- Frame Shift Mutation
- Frame Shift Mutations
- Mutation, Frame Shift
- Mutations, Frame Shift
- Mutation, Frameshift
Out-of-Frame Insertion- Out-of-Frame Insertion
- Insertion, Out-of-Frame
- Insertions, Out-of-Frame
- Out of Frame Insertion
- Out-of-Frame Insertions
Out-of-Frame Deletion- Out-of-Frame Deletion
- Deletion, Out-of-Frame
- Deletions, Out-of-Frame
- Out of Frame Deletion
- Out-of-Frame Deletions
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