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Exon Moderate

Exon has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures

"exons are interspersed with introns"

2

An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

"Scientists identified a mutation within exon 4 that would disrupt the protein's ability to function correctly after transcription."

3

A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.

Related Terms
Antonyms
noncoding DNA
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
deoxyribonucleic acid
Rhyming Words
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