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amber mutation

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amber mutation [′am·bər myü′tā·shən]
(genetics)
Alteration of a codon to UAG, one of the three codons that result in premature polypeptide chain termination in all living organism.


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These bacteria already had an amber mutation in a gene that encodes barnase, a protein that kills bacteria.
 
 
 
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