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What is a frameshift mutation?

What is a frameshift mutation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (genetics) a genetic mutation that either inserts or deletes a series of nucleotides that is not divisible by three and thus disrupts gene expression by codons
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Of these, the recurrent frameshift mutation of HDAC2 in exon 1 has been the most extensively characterized.
A frameshift mutation in exon 80 of COL7A1 gene, c.6527insC, is highly prevalent in the Spanish patient population.
This frameshift mutation could be merely drifting to high frequency due to weak functional constraint.
We estimate that reversion of the lac mutation is about one-tenth as likely as a null frameshift mutation in a typical gene.
Atrial natriuretic peptide frameshift mutation in familial atrial fibrillation.
This transgenic mouse model targets expression of truncated decorin to keratocytes, thereby mimicking the human frameshift mutation.

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