English Explanatory Dictionary

frameshift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A frameshift mutation.
verb
  1. To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.

Word forms

frameshift frameshifts frameshifting frameshifted

Etymology

From frame + shift.

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