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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:
1 A missense mutation is the cause of the disease, sickle cell anemia. 2  The effects of a change in one base pair alters one amino acid in the resulting hemoglobin protein, causing red blood cells to take on a strange shape.