MUTANT GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mutant gene mean? 

• MUTANT GENE (noun)
  The noun MUTANT GENE has 1 sense:

1. a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

  Familiarity information: MUTANT GENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTANT GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mutant gene" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

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

CFTR; cystic fibrosis transport regulator (the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis)

 Context examples 

Genetically engineering the cells to have a LRRK2 mutant gene increased the amount of cell death and phosphorylated s15.

(Too much protein may kill brain cells as Parkinson’s progresses, NINDS)

A gene mutation observed with high frequency in a group that is or was geographically or culturally isolated, in which one or more of the ancestors was a carrier of the mutant gene.

(Founder Mutation, NCI Dictionary)