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Missense Mutation — Definition & Examples

By Gabi Slizewska

Gene therapy is being developed as a way to treat certain genetic disorders. One potential use for gene therapy is to treat familial hypercholesterolemia by changing a codon for glutamine to one for arginine in the sequence of the apolipoprotein B gene. What kind of mutation would this fix?

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