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Mutagenesis definition

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The introduction of permanent heritable changes, i.e. mutations into the DNA of an organism. In case of site-directed mutagenesis the substitution or modification of a single amino acid at a defined location in a protein is performed by changing one or more base pairs in the DNA using recombinant DNA technology.


See also:

nitrile ylides definition
multiplexer (MPX) definition
Mutation definition
NADP+ definition
nitric acid (HNO3) definition