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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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 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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Biallelic Loss-of-Function Variants in UBAP1L and Nonsyndromic Retinal Dystrophies. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2024 Nov 01; 142(11):1081-1086.
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PCSK9 loss-of-function variants and Lp(a) phenotypes among black US adults. J Lipid Res. 2019 11; 60(11):1946-1952.