"nonsense-mediated decay" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nonsense-mediated decay (uncountable)
  1. (biochemistry) A cellular pathway for the rapid destruction of messenger RNAs with premature stop codons resulting from nonsense mutations or frameshifts. Wikipedia link: nonsense-mediated decay Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Synonyms: NMD Coordinate_terms: non-stop decay, NSD
    Sense id: en-nonsense-mediated_decay-en-noun-fe2kwfBx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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