Gene mutations Flashcards

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Substitution/ point mutation

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Change in one base group

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Gene mutation affects

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1+ genes

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Types of substitution mutation

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Silent
Missense
Nonsense (premature stoP)

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Silent mutation affect

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No affect

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Missense mutation affect

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One base pair exchanged for another and another amino acid is made instead of the right one

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Nonsense mutation

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Makes a stop codon befor it should happen.

And the entire protein is not made,

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Insertion or deletion mutation

Aka—–

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Frame shift mutation

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Frame shift mutation effect

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Entire protein reading frame is thrown off w

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