exon
noun
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
exonic
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a word derived from
exon.
Example Sentences
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When a gene is transcribed to RNA, only exonic regions are retained to form a mature product, which will be used as a template for protein translation.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
In particular, two exonic insertions in TSARL1 in the sweet progeny probably inactivate the gene and result in a sweet phenotype.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
The lung SQCCs analysed in this study display a large number and variety of DNA alterations, with a mean of 360 exonic mutations, 323 altered copy number segments and 165 genomic rearrangements per tumour.
From Nature ● Sep. 26, 2012
We show that the tumour type is characterized by complex genomic alterations, with a mean of 360 exonic mutations, 165 genomic rearrangements, and 323 segments of copy number alteration per tumour.
From Nature ● Sep. 26, 2012
Of the remaining entries, we kept the following events: exon_bites where both ends of a junction are within the same gene, and in addition affect exonic sequence.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2012
