Polar mutation
A polar mutation affects expression of downstream genes or operons. It can also affect the expression of the gene in which it occurs, if it occurs in a transcribed region. These mutations tend to occur early within the sequence of genes and can be nonsense, frameshift, or insertion mutations. Polar mutations are found only in organisms containing polycistronic mRNA.[1][2][3]
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External links
- "Higher Ed" - Mcgraw Hill
- "Polar mutations in membrane proteins as a biophysical basis for disease" - InterScience
- "Dictionary of medicine: French-English with English-French glossary" - Google Books
- "Understanding Bacteria" - Google Books
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