About The Medical Condition Mutation, Frame Shift

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Mutation, Frame Shift

Mutation, Frame Shift Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Mutation, Frame Shift Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Mutation, Frame Shift?

A type of mutation in which a number of nucleotides not divisible by three is deleted from or inserted into a coding sequence, thereby causing an alteration in the reading frame of the entire sequence downstream of the mutation. These mutations may be induced by certain types of mutagens or may occur spontaneously.

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