missense

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ sense.

Noun

missense (countable and uncountable, plural missenses)

1. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has an incorrect meaning, with the result that its products do not do what they are supposed to do.

Derived terms

• missense mutation

See also

• nonsense (biology)

Verb

missense (third-person singular simple present missenses, present participle missensing, simple past and past participle missensed)

1. To sense incorrectly.
   • 2012, Stefan Bröer, Carsten A. Wagner, Membrane Transporter Diseases, page 194:

     One possibility is that if G6PT is a G6P sensor, it may be missensing the intracellular concentrations and misdirecting further accumulation.

Anagrams

• Essenism