Point mutation
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005033
A mutation caused by the substitution of one nucleotide for another. This results in the DNA molecule having a change in a single base pair.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005033 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | Medical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Mutation; Sequence deletion; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Missense mutation |
| Translations | Spanish: mutación puntual |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-005033",
"term": "Point mutation",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A mutation caused by the substitution of one nucleotide for another. This results in the DNA molecule having a change in a single base pair.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"mutation",
"sequence deletion",
"single nucleotide polymorphism",
"missense mutation"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "mutación puntual"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/point-mutation/"
}
Record 4,967 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.