Exitron
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Exitron is a noun meaning (genetics) One of a set of alternatively spliced internal regions of protein-coding exons.
Meaning
(genetics) One of a set of alternatively spliced internal regions of protein-coding exons.
Example Sentences
Therefore, in what ways might the processing and regulation of exitron splicing differ from that of conventional introns?
On the basis of their exonic and intronic nature, here we name them exitrons (exonic introns [EIs]) and define them as alternatively spliced internal regions of protein-coding exons
Word Forms
- exitrons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include exonization, exonisation, intronization, genetrap, retroelement, splice.
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