Missense mRNA

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Missense mRNA molecules have one or more mutated codons that yield polypeptides with an amino acid sequence different than the wild-type or naturally occurring polypeptide. Missense mRNA molecules are created when template DNA strands or the mRNA strands themselves undergo a missense mutation in which a protein coding sequence is mutated and an altered amino acid sequence is coded for.