Associations to the word «Missense»

Wiktionary

MISSENSE, noun. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has an incorrect meaning, with the result that its products do not do what they are supposed to do.
MISSENSE MUTATION, noun. A point mutation that results in the substitution of one amino acid by another.
MISSENSE MUTATIONS, noun. Plural of missense mutation

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats