Definition of Exons. Meaning of Exons. Synonyms of Exons

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Definition of Exons

Exon
Exon Ex"on, n. [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.] A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
Exon
Exon Ex"on, n. [F. expect an under officer.] An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]

Meaning of Exons from wikipedia

- Common incorrect uses of the term exon are that 'exons code for protein', or 'exons code for amino-acids' or 'exons are translated'. However, these sorts...
- Exon trapping is a molecular biology technique to identify potential exons in a fragment of eukaryote DNA of unknown intron-exon structure. This is done...
- Exon shuffling is a molecular mechanism for the formation of new genes. It is a process through which two or more exons from different genes can be brought...
- instructions for creating a protein, and are composed of introns and exons. Exons are the sections of DNA that contain the instruction set for generating...
- duplication in exons in human, fly, and worm. Analysis of the intronic region has produced further 4,660 unidentified duplicated exons referred to as...
- An exon junction complex (EJC) is a protein complex which forms on a pre-messenger RNA strand at the junction of two exons which have been joined together...
- John James Exon (August 9, 1921 – June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979...
- particular exons of a gene may be included within or excluded from the final, processed messenger RNA (mRNA) produced from that gene. This means the exons are...
- Natalie Exon (born 7 December 1992) is an Australian rules footballer playing for St Kilda in the AFL Women's. Exon was born in 1992. She was playing...
- sheds light on other basic questions of exons and introns. The exons of eukaryotes are generally short (human exons average ~120 bases, and can be as short...