HyperDic: exon

English > 1 sense of the word exon:
NOUNsubstanceexon, coding DNAsequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures
exon > pronunciation
Soundseh.ksao'n
RhymesAmon ... yawn: 34 rhymes with aon...
English > exon: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningsequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures.
Example"exons are interspersed with introns"
Synonymcoding DNA
Broaderdeoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix
Oppositeintron, noncoding DNAsequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
Spanishexón
Catalanexo, exó

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