frameshift

Etymology

From frame + shift.

frameshift means A frameshift mutation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

noun

A frameshift mutation.

verb

To use a starting point for translating a series of nucleotides that is off by an amount not divisible by three, resulting in an entirely distinct set of codons.“Commonly, there are stimulatory signals in mRNA distinct from the shift site that greatly increase the level of frameshifting at the shift site.”