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intronic

intronic

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In the part of a gene that does not make protein
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈtrɒnɪk/
  • Specialized
: intrónico
  • The intronic DNA segments were crucial in revealing how genes are regulated within the cell.

Examples

  • The researchers discovered that the gene's function was influenced by variations in the intronic regions of its DNA.

  • The five possible positions are as indicated: exonic, partly exonic, exon containing, intronic, and intergenic.

    Blog text (18)

  • "What if you have two transcripts that come off the same bit of DNA, but the mature transcripts yield proteins that do not share a single amino acid in common because one of the transcripts is entirely intronic to the other?

    Academic text (2009)

  • In the study, scientists analyzed the effects of mutations on intronic sequences to understand their role in gene expression.

Surface Forms

intronic positive

Morphology

intronic = intron (transparent) = intron + ic

Formed by the noun 'intron' + adjectival suffix '-ic'; the relation 'relating to an intron' is regular and directly derivable.

Etymology

The word intronic comes from intron, where intra- means 'within' or 'inside'. So intronic describes something 'inside' a gene, not in the parts that make proteins.