Which of the Following Mutations Is Correctly Defined

Multiple Choice

Which of the following mutations is correctly defined?

A) silent: change of a single base in the non-coding intron region of a gene
B) missense: substitution of a single base results in a premature stop codon
C) nonsense: substitution of a single base results in a complete change of amino acid sequence
D) frameshift: deletion of a single base results in a single amino acid change
E) permissive: results in a protein that has greater thermodynamic stability