《英文msh词典》Stop Codons,Premature
[入口词] Stop Codons,Premature
[主题词] Codon,Nonsense
[英文释义] A codon that has been converted to the same sequence as a stop codon (CODON,TERMINATOR) by a nonsense mutation. It is different from a stop codon in that it occurs abnormally and causes premature termination of protein translation resulting in the production of truncated proteins which may be non-functional.