Definitions for frameshift

frameshift frame·shift

Spelling: [freym-shift]
IPA: /ˈfreɪmˌʃɪft/

Frameshift is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 821 anagrams from letters in frameshift (aeffhimrst).

Definitions for frameshift

noun

  1. the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.

Origin of frameshift

frame + shift

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