- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 94
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Isabel COMAS MARTÍNEZ, Marie-Hélène GARCIA, Marta SERNA GIL
- Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
- Term: insertion mutation
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Chromosome abnormality in which material from one chromosome is inserted into another non homologous chromosome.
- Context: The disease is caused by a previously unreported deletion/insertion mutation in exon 4 of the apolipoprotein AI (apoAI) gene encoding loss of residues 60-71 of normal mature apoAI and insertion at that position of two new residues, ValThr.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: LUQUE CABRERA, José y Ángel HERRÁEZ SÁNCHEZ (2006). Texto ilustrado de biología molecular e ingeniería genética. Madrid: MMI Elsevier.
- Definition: LUQUE CABRERA, José y Ángel HERRÁEZ SÁNCHEZ (2006). Texto ilustrado de biología molecular e ingeniería genética. Madrid: MMI Elsevier.
- Context: HERNÁNDEZ HERRERO, Gonzalo et al. (coord.) (2010). Tratado de medicina farmacéutica. Madrid: Médica Panamericana.
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