missense
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editmissense (countable and uncountable, plural missenses)
- (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.
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- nonsense (biology)
Verb
editmissense (third-person singular simple present missenses, present participle missensing, simple past and past participle missensed)
- To sense incorrectly.
- 2012, Stefan Bröer, Carsten A. Wagner, Membrane Transporter Diseases, page 194:
- One possibility is that if G6PT is a G6P sensor, it may be missensing the intracellular concentrations and misdirecting further accumulation.