frameshift mutation

frameshift mutation
frameshift mutation [frām′shift΄]
n.
a mutation of a gene caused by the addition or deletion of any number of nucleotides other than three or multiples of three in a DNA sequence: messenger RNA derived from such DNA will carry faulty instructions for the synthesis of proteins

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