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intervening sequence

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in⋅tron

  [in-tron]
–noun Genetics.
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
Also called intervening sequence.
Compare exon 2 .

Origin:
1975–80; perh. intr(o)- + -on 1
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Cultural Dictionary

intron

A stretch of DNA in a gene that does not code for proteins. In eukaryotes, introns in a given gene separate stretches of DNA that contain instructions for constructing proteins. (Compare exon.)

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·tron
Pronunciation: 'in-"trän
Function: noun
: a polynucleotide sequence in a nucleic acid that does not code information forprotein synthesis and is removed before translation of messenger RNA —compare EXON
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Medical Dictionary

intron in·tron (ĭn'trŏn)
n.
A segment of a gene situated between exons that does not function in coding for protein synthesis.

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intron   (ĭn'trŏn)  Pronunciation Key 
A segment of a gene situated between exons that does not function in coding for protein synthesis. After transcription of a gene to messenger RNA, the transcriptions of introns are removed, and the exons are spliced together by enzymes before translation and assembly of amino acids into proteins. Compare exon.
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