intron
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- noun
- /ˈɪntrɒn/
- Specialized
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intrón
- Some conserved intron retention events exhibit high cross-species sequence conservation based on multiple sequence alignments (Figure S1 in File S1).
- intron-exon
- gene introns
Examples
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And what happens in splicing is that the introns are chopped out, OK?
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The tyrosinase gene contains several introns, so for DNA amplification by PCR, we selected primers represented on different exons of the gene.
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Lots of organisms have lots and lots of introns, and those introns are often very big.
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Then you could ask him why he believes that all intron sequences (about 20% of our genome) are functional.
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The structure of the full gene with its long introns can also be readily attained.
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Intron gain might promote the increased expression (thick black arrow) of a transferred gene.
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CiRNAs were first discovered by Zhang and colleagues in human cells and are derived only from introns.
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To validate the intron-exon structure predicted by the computer software, full-length cDNA was cloned for the candidate gene.
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The difference in lengths of conserved retained introns vs. nonconserved retained introns (i.e., unique to only one species) varies across the nine species examined.
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In the process of gene expression, introns are removed from the RNA transcript before translation.
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Etymology
Intron comes from the part intra- meaning 'inside' and the ending -on used in biology. So, an intron is an 'inside' piece of a gene that is cut out and does not become protein.