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... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > Genes > Gene Components > Introns
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > DNA > DNA, Intergenic > Introns
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > DNA, Intergenic > Introns

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Introns  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Sequences of DNA in the genes that are located between the EXONS. They are transcribed along with the exons but are removed from the primary gene transcript by RNA SPLICING to leave mature RNA. Some introns code for separate genes.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Intervening Sequences
  • Sequences, Intervening

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