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General Microbiology & Immunology (PM 401) Second level Semester 4 2024/2025
B- Missense Mutation
The codon for one amino acid is replaced by a codon of another amino acid
resulting in a different protein.
C- Nonsense mutation
- The codon for one amino acid is replaced by a translation termination
(stop) codon (UAA, UAG, and UGA).
- resulting in a shortened, or truncated, protein which in most cases, is
non-functional.
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