Usually means: Alters amino acid in protein.
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  1. missense mutation: Wiktionary
  2. missense mutation: Dictionary.com
  3. Missense mutation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. missense mutation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Missense mutation, Mutation, missense: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  6. missense mutation: Medical dictionary
  7. Missense mutation, Mutation, missense: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (missense mutation)

noun:  A point mutation that results in the substitution of one amino acid by another.

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