"Point Mutation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A mutation caused by the substitution of one nucleotide for another. This results in the DNA molecule having a change in a single base pair.
| Descriptor ID |
D017354
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.365.590.675
|
| Concept/Terms |
Point Mutation- Point Mutation
- Mutation, Point
- Mutations, Point
- Point Mutations
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Point Mutation".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Point Mutation".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Point Mutation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Point Mutation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Point Mutation" by people in Profiles.
-
Phenotypic characterization of P23H and S334ter rhodopsin transgenic rat models of inherited retinal degeneration. Exp Eye Res. 2018 02; 167:56-90.
-
Brief report: Oct4 and canonical Wnt signaling regulate the cardiac lineage factor Mesp1 through a Tcf/Lef-Oct4 composite element. Stem Cells. 2013 Jun; 31(6):1213-7.
-
Defining 5S rRNA structure space: point mutation data can be used to predict the phenotype of multichange variants. Mol Biol Evol. 2011 Sep; 28(9):2629-36.
-
Identification of a mutation in the Clock1 gene affecting zebrafish circadian rhythms. J Neurogenet. 2008; 22(2):149-66.
-
Nucleation and crystal growth of hemoglobins. The case of HbC. Methods Mol Med. 2003; 82:155-76.
-
Common 5S rRNA variants are likely to be accepted in many sequence contexts. J Mol Evol. 2003 Jan; 56(1):69-76.