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Frameshift mutations are particularly dangerous because they can result in radically altered proteins.
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Frameshift mutations (insertions or deletions not in multiples of three) shift the mRNA reading frame, changing every downstream codon. This usually produces a radically different amino acid sequence and often an early stop codon, leading to nonfunctional or truncated proteins.
Frameshift mutations (insertions or deletions not in multiples of three) shift the mRNA reading frame, changing every downstream codon. This usually produces a radically different amino acid sequence and often an early stop codon, leading to nonfunctional or truncated proteins.
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