About The Medical Condition Codon, Premature Termination

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Codon, Premature Termination

Codon, Premature Termination Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Codon, Premature Termination Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Codon, Premature Termination?

A codon that has been converted to the same sequence as a stop codon (CODON, TERMINATOR) by a nonsense mutation. It is different from a stop codon in that it occurs abnormally and causes premature termination of protein translation resulting in the production of truncated proteins which may be non-functional.

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