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INTRON

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• INTRON (noun)
The noun INTRON has 1 sense:

1. sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

Familiarity information: INTRON used as a noun is very rare.

• INTRON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("intron" 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)

Antonym:

exon (sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures)

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