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MISREADING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("misreading" is a kind of...):

misinterpretation; mistaking; misunderstanding (putting the wrong interpretation on)

Derivation:

misread (interpret wrongly)

misread (read or interpret wrongly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb misread

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 Context examples: 

Paromomycin binds specifically to the RNA oligonucleotide at the A site of bacterial 30S ribosomes, thereby causing misreading and premature termination of translation of mRNA and inhibition of protein synthesis followed by cell death.

(Paromomycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Paromomycin binds specifically to the RNA oligonucleotide at the A site of bacterial 30S ribosomes, thereby causing misreading and premature termination of translation, thereby leading to inhibition of protein synthesis followed by cell death.

(Paromomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, this agent interferes with the initiation complex between messenger RNA and the bacterial ribosome thereby causing the misreading of the genetic code resulting in the production of non-functional proteins, consequently leading to bacterial cell death.

(Dihydrostreptomycin, NCI Thesaurus)