Loss of Function Mutation
"Loss of Function Mutation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mutation that causes a decrease in or elimination of a gene product's activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D000073658
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.538
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| Concept/Terms |
Leaky Mutation- Leaky Mutation
- Leaky Mutations
- Mutation, Leaky
- Mutations, Leaky
Null Mutation- Null Mutation
- Mutation, Null
- Mutations, Null
- Null Mutations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Loss of Function Mutation" by people in Profiles.
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Homozygosity for a mutation affecting the catalytic domain of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (YARS) causes multisystem disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 02 15; 28(4):525-538.
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Sclerostin neutralization unleashes the osteoanabolic effects of Dkk1 inhibition. JCI Insight. 2018 06 07; 3(11).