"Point Mutation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A mutation caused by the substitution of one nucleotide for another. This results in the DNA molecule having a change in a single base pair.
| Descriptor ID |
D017354
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Point Mutation- Point Mutation
- Mutation, Point
- Mutations, Point
- Point Mutations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Point Mutation" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic association study of exfoliation syndrome identifies a protective rare variant at LOXL1 and five new susceptibility loci. Nat Genet. 2017 07; 49(7):993-1004.
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A herpes simplex virus 2 glycoprotein D mutant generated by bacterial artificial chromosome mutagenesis is severely impaired for infecting neuronal cells and infects only Vero cells expressing exogenous HVEM. J Virol. 2012 Dec; 86(23):12891-902.