Codon, Nonsense |
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| Premature Termination Codon; Codon, Premature Stop; Codon, Premature Termination; Codons, Nonsense; Codons, Premature Stop; Codons, Premature Termination; Codons, Unassigned; Mutations, Nonsense; Nonsense Codons; Nonsense Mutations; Premature Stop Codons | |
| A codon that has been converted to the same sequence as a stop codon (CODON, TERMINATOR) by a nonsense mutation. It is different from a stop codon in that it occurs abnormally and causes premature termination of protein translation resulting in the production of truncated proteins which may be non-functional. | |