splicing

splicing /splic·ing/ (spli´sing)

1. the attachment of individual DNA molecules to each other, as in the production of chimeric genes.

2. RNA s.

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RNA splicing  the removal (splicing out) of introns from a primary transcript and the subsequent joining (splicing together) of exons in the production of a mature RNA molecule.

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splic·ing (splsng)

n.

1. Gene-splicing.

2. The removal of introns and the joining of exons from mRNA precursors. Also called RNA splicing.

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splicing

of RNA, the excision of introns from the primary transcript and the joining together of exons to make their finished mRNA. See also ribonucleic acid.