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Missense mutation: A genetic change that results in the substitution of one amino acid in protein for another. A missense mutation is responsible for sickle hemoglobin, the molecular basis of sickle cell trait and sickle cell anemia. Search MedTerms:
Silent mutations - are caused by a point mutation & have no effect of the function because they code for the same amino acid. Missense mutations - are caused by a point mutation & result in a different amino acid to be placed in the protein. Nonsense mutations - a caused by a point mutation & cause a stop where there should not be one. Frameshift mutations - are caused by an insertion or deletion of a nucleotide causing the reading frame to shift & the protein to be too long or too short.