missense
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
missense (countable and uncountable, plural missenses)
- (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.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- nonsense (biology)
Verb[edit]
missense (third-person singular simple present missenses, present participle missensing, simple past and past participle missensed)
- To sense incorrectly.
- 2012, Stefan Bröer, Carsten A. Wagner, Membrane Transporter Diseases, page 194:
- One possibility is that if G6PT is a G6P sensor, it may be missensing the intracellular concentrations and misdirecting further accumulation.