Frameshift

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounA frameshift mutation.

2.VerbTo use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.

Synonyms

ribosomal mutagens frameshift mutation frameshifter shift macromutation mutation makeshift transition transversion coshift reading frame

Rhymes With

frame shift same shift

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