nonsense mutation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004461",
  "term": "nonsense mutation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A mutation in which a sense codon (which codes for an amino acid) is converted to the same sequence as a stop codon. This abnormal occurrence causes premature termination of protein translation resulting in the production of truncated proteins which may be non-functional.",
  "synonyms": [
    "amber mutation",
    "amber nonsense mutation",
    "ochre nonsense mutation",
    "opal mutation",
    "opal nonsense mutation"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "mutation",
    "genetic suppression",
    "stop codon",
    "suppressor genes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "mutación sin sentido"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/nonsense-mutation/"
}