Intron

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A segment of a gene situated between exons that is removed before translation of messenger RNA and does not function in coding for protein synthesis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
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