Associations to the word «Intron»
Noun
- Receptor
- Nucleus
- Domain
- Pathway
- Peg
- Analysis
- Conformation
- Hydrolysis
- Reaction
- Organism
- Segment
- Glossary
- Divergence
- Binding
- Hypertension
- Processing
- Motif
- Susceptibility
- Primer
- Pages
- Ion
- Char
- Initiation
- Loop
- Magnesium
- Mouse
- Bacterium
- Cis
- Inclusion
- Copy
- Structure
- Enzyme
- Substrate
- Virus
- Site
- Termination
- Boundary
- Clone
- Depot
- Region
- Mobility
- Vector
- Mammal
- Expression
- Fig
- Reverse
- Template
- Element
- Locus
- Peacock
- Evolution
- Fragment
- Enhancement
- Alternative
- Junction
- Hormone
- Variant
- Acid
Adjective
Wiktionary
INTRON, noun. (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
Dictionary definition
INTRON, noun. Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein.
Wise words
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