Term Name: missense_variant
Synonyms: ANNOVAR:nonsynonymous SNV, Jannovar:missense_variant, missense, missense codon, non_synonymous_coding, Seattleseq:missense, Seattleseq:missense-near-splice, snpEff:NON_SYNONYMOUS_CODING, VAAST:missense_variant, VAAST:non_synonymous_codon, VAT:nonsynonymous, VEP:missense_variant
Definition: A sequence variant, that changes one or more bases, resulting in a different amino acid sequence but where the length is preserved.
Ontology: Sequence Ontology [SO:0001583]

Relationships
is a type of: nonsynonymous_variant
has subtype: conservative_missense_variant non_conservative_missense_variant