Exon Definition

ĕksŏn
noun
A sequence in the genetic code that supplies the information for protein formation.
Webster's New World
An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • coding DNA
Antonyms:

Other Word Forms of Exon

Noun

Singular:
exon
Plural:
exons

Origin of Exon

  • From Latin ex (out) + -on; intended to be distinguished from intron.

    From Wiktionary

  • Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

    From Wiktionary

  • ex(pressed) –on

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Exon Sentence Examples

  • The Inquisitio Eliensis, the "Exon Domesday" (so called from the preservation of the volume at Exeter), and the second volume of Domesday Book, also all contain the full details which the original returns supplied.

  • More specifically, these are genes where the matching cDNAs match some bases of every predicted exon.

  • This SNP is located in a splicing region, just before the last exon, and might originate a splicing variant with functional consequences.

  • Typically a mutation in one of these genes causes exon skipping with the deletion of exon 6 from the corresponding mRNA.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXO

Words Ending With

NONXON

Unscrambles

exon

Words Starting With E and Ending With N

Starts With E & Ends With NStarts With EX & Ends With NStarts With E & Ends With ON

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With E4 Letter Words Ending With N