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フレームシフト突然変異 (フレームシフトとつぜんへんい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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A frameshift mutation is caused by the insertion or deletion of bases.
A frameshift mutation in this gene is thought to be the cause of the disease.
Kanji 突 stab, protruding, thrust 然 sort of thing, so, if so 変 unusual, change, strange 異 uncommon, different, queerness Related words 突とつ 然ぜん 変へん 異い 突然変異 is the general term for 'mutation', while フレームシフト突然変異 specifies the type of mutation that shifts the reading frame.
点てん 突とつ 然ぜん 変へん 異い 点突然変異 (point mutation) involves a single nucleotide change, whereas a frameshift mutation involves insertions or deletions that alter the entire downstream codon sequence.
Etymology Compound of the English loanword フレームシフト (frameshift) and 突然変異 (mutation). The term is a direct calque from English 'frameshift mutation'.
