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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

ocher mutation

· o·cher mu·tation · IPA
01 n. A mutation in which the base sequence of one of the codons in the messenger RNA has been converted to UAA. Such a mutation may be conditio…
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    A mutation in which the base sequence of one of the codons in the messenger RNA has been converted to UAA. Such a mutation may be conditionally suppressed, as can an amber mutation, by the presence of a special transfer RNA.(Microbiology, Molecular biology) See: amber mutation