I. verb
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Either exon 1 or coding segment 2 can splice with exon 3 to encode an alanine across the splice junction.
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For the benefit of the conductor, a short length of cord was spliced on and hung down over each doorway.
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He spliced up the tape afterwards and things like that.
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I assumed it would splice together further ahead.
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Rex had established himself as the rope and rigging man, knotting, splicing, whipping ends, replacing worn sections.
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The line itself must be securely tied or spliced to the swivel.
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We saved the broken pieces and spliced them together.
II. noun
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Every length of rope had mends and splices.
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In each case the splices result in appropriate splice junctions and a single open reading frame.
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The AD1 domain appears to be spliced as part of a pattern of multiple alternative splices.
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Then we might get together for a mini-lesson on, say, comma splices.