What Would Result from a Single Nucleotide Deletion (Point Mutation)within

question 27

Multiple Choice

What would result from a single nucleotide deletion (point mutation) within the coding sequence of a structural gene?

• A)a silent point mutation with no deleterious effects
• B)a missense point mutation resulting in the change of one amino acid
• C)a nonsense point mutation resulting in the generation of a premature stop codon
• D)a frameshift mutation,producing a completely different amino acid sequence
• E)All of the choices are possiblE.

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