intron (redirected from Intragenic region)

intron /in·tron/ (in´tron) a noncoding sequence between two coding sequences within a gene, processed out in the formation of mature mRNA.

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in·tron (ntrn)

n.

A segment of a gene situated between exons that does not function in coding for protein synthesis.

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intron

untranslated, intervening sequences that are interspersed between coding sequences of a particular gene of almost all eukaryocytic genes and which are excised from the primary RNA transcript to yield mRNA.

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intron-exon junction

introns are removed by the catalytic action of small nuclear riboproteins (snRNPs) which bind to special recognition sequences at the 5,(donor junction) and 3,(receptor junction) to form a complex called a spliceosome.