Phenomena and Processes

INDEL Mutation

A mutation named with the blend of insertion and deletion. It refers to a length difference between two ALLELES where it is unknowable if the difference was originally caused by a SEQUENCE INSERTION or by a SEQUENCE DELETION. If the number of nucleotides in the insertion/deletion is not divisible by three, and it occurs in a protein coding region, it is also a FRAMESHIFT MUTATION.

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A mutation named with the blend of insertion and deletion. It refers to a length difference between two ALLELES where it is unknowable if the difference was originally caused by a SEQUENCE INSERTION or by a SEQUENCE DELETION. If the number of nucleotides in the insertion/deletion is not divisible by three, and it occurs in a protein coding region, it is also a FRAMESHIFT MUTATION.

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  • INDELs Mutation
  • Insertion-Deletion Mutation
  • Insertions-Deletions Mutation
  • INDEL Mutations
  • INDELs Mutations
  • Insertion Deletion Mutation
  • Insertion-Deletion Mutations
  • Insertions Deletions Mutation
  • Insertions-Deletions Mutations
  • Mutation, INDEL
  • Mutation, INDELs
  • Mutation, Insertion-Deletion
  • Mutation, Insertions-Deletions

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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.

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2008

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. INDEL Mutation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054643. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054643
  2. INDEL Mutation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indel
  3. INDEL Mutation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1576681