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exon /ex·on/ (ek´son) the coding region in a gene.
ex·on (ksn)
n.
A nucleotide sequence in DNA that carries the code for the final mRNA molecule and thus defines a protein's amino acid sequence. Also called coding sequence.
ex·onic adj.
exon
[ek′son]
Etymology: Gk, exo + genein, to produce
the part of a DNA molecule that contains the code for the final messenger RNA. Compare intron.
exon
regions of a primary RNA transcript in eukaryotic cells that are coding and are joined together when introns are spliced-out, to make the functional mRNA.
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Although some satisfactory results were obtained by using above software, a considerable proportion of missing or incorrect exon and over predictions were found by using an experimentally validated dataset of some genomic sequences [21].
Analysis and prediction of exon, intron, intergenic region and splice ... by Lin, Hao; Li, Qian-Zhong; Chen, Cui-Xia / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE)
The latter requires integration of exon capture methods with the new technologies to become robust.
The 1000 genomes project by Instrument Business Outlook
Also, methods are provided for introducing modifications into genomic exons by inserting introns into the genomic exons via homologous recombination such that a mature mRNA transcript produced from a genomic region of the genome comprising the genomic exon does not contain the modification are provided.
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