🔤 Frameshifts ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
chaukhaṭ tabdīlī
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ENGLISH
📚noun
frameshifts
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈfreɪmˌʃɪfts/
Phonetic: fraym-shifts
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DEFINITION
Plural of "frameshift," referring to mutations in a gene caused by the insertion or deletion of a number of nucleotides not divisible by three, which alters the reading frame of the genetic code and typically leads to a nonfunctional protein.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The scientist identified several deleterious frameshifts in the patient's DNA sequence.
Frameshifts often result in premature stop codons, truncating the resultant protein.
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