Silent Mutation
"Silent Mutation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A change to a DNA SEQUENCE that doesn't change the AMINO ACID SEQUENCE of the protein made.
| Descriptor ID |
D000069456
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.803
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| Concept/Terms |
Silent Mutation- Silent Mutation
- Synonymous Mutations
- Mutation, Synonymous
- Mutations, Synonymous
- Synonymous Mutation
- Synonymous Codon Substitutions
- Codon Substitution, Synonymous
- Codon Substitutions, Synonymous
- Substitution, Synonymous Codon
- Substitutions, Synonymous Codon
- Synonymous Codon Substitution
- Silent Mutations
- Mutations, Silent
- Mutation, Silent
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