MUTAGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mutagenesis mean? 

• MUTAGENESIS (noun)
  The noun MUTAGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. an event capable of causing a mutation

  Familiarity information: MUTAGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTAGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event capable of causing a mutation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("mutagenesis" is a kind of...):

cause (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutagenesis"):

insertional mutagenesis ((genetics) a mutation caused by the insertion of exogenous DNA into a genome)

Holonyms ("mutagenesis" is a part of...):

chromosomal mutation; genetic mutation; mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)

 Context examples 

Expression of these genes protects cells from oxidative damage and can prevent mutagenesis and cancer.

(Oxidative Stress Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Mutagenesis where the mutation is caused by the introduction of foreign DNA sequences into a gene.

(Insertional Mutagenesis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Mutagenesis of DNA by the insertion of one or more bases.

(Insertional Mutagenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

This is accomplished through directed mutagenesis of sequences encoding T cell-recognizable epitopes.

(Deimmunization, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutagenesis where the mutation is caused by the loss of DNA sequences within a gene.

(Deletion Mutagenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

In vitro mutagenesis procedure in which molecules containing 3' and 5' deletion mutations are combined to regenerate an entire DNA region, differing with the wild type molecule only at the junction of the molecules, which contains a linker DNA.

(Linker-Scanning Mutagenesis, NCI Thesaurus)