NALT

Preferred term

amino acid substitution

Topic

The replacement of one or more amino acids in a protein with another. If a functionally equivalent amino acid is substituted, the protein may retain wild-type activity. Substitution may also diminish or eliminate protein function.

mutation

Use for substitution of one amino acid for another in a protein; for amino acid substitution as experimentally induced by humans USE amino acid substitution AND protein engineering.

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

2089

Spanish

sustitución de aminoácidos

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/7776

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 3/10/15