EXON


Meaning of EXON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈek-ˌsän ]

noun

Etymology: ex pressed sequence + -on (II)

Date: circa 1978

: a polynucleotide sequence in a nucleic acid that codes information for protein synthesis and that is copied and spliced together with other such sequences to form messenger RNA — compare intron

• ex·on·ic ek-ˈsä-nik adjective

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