Associations to the word «Exon»

Wiktionary

EXON, noun. An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
EXON, noun. (genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.
EXON SHUFFLING, noun. (genetics) The proposed mixing of different exons either within a gene or between two nonallelic genes.

Dictionary definition

EXON, noun. Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns".

Wise words

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Friedrich Nietzsche