Associations to the word «Missense»

Wiktionary

MISSENSE, noun. (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.
MISSENSE MUTATION, noun. A point mutation that results in the substitution of one amino acid by another.
MISSENSE MUTATIONS, noun. Plural of missense mutation

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery