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CODING DNA

Dictionary entry overview: What does coding DNA mean?

• CODING DNA (noun)
The noun CODING DNA has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: CODING DNA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CODING DNA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

coding DNA; exon

Context example:

exons are interspersed with introns

Hypernyms ("coding DNA" is a kind of...):

deoxyribonucleic 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; associated with the transmission of genetic information)

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