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exon

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noun
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As a noun, exon means an officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Meanings of exon

3 meanings

noun

  1. An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

  2. geneticsA region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.

  3. Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures

    “exons are interspersed with introns”

    Similar: coding DNA

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Synonyms by meaning

noun: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein st…
coding DNA
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