Explore: Exons

Common incorrect uses of the term exon are that 'exons code for protein', or 'exons code for amino-acids' or 'exons are translated'. However, these sorts

Exon trapping is a molecular biology technique to identify potential exons in a fragment of eukaryote DNA of unknown intron-exon structure. This is done

Exon shuffling is a molecular mechanism for the formation of new genes. It is a process through which two or more exons from different genes can be brought

John James Exon (August 9, 1921 – June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979

duplication in exons in human, fly, and worm. Analysis of the intronic region has produced further 4,660 unidentified duplicated exons referred to as

For example, some exons of a gene may be included within or excluded from the final RNA product of the gene. This means the exons are joined in different

Poison exons (PEs); also called premature termination codon (PTC) exons or nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) exons] are a class of cassette exons that contain

Look up exon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Exon may refer to: Exon, a region of DNA that is represented in the mature form of RNA Exoribonuclease

instructions for creating a protein, and are composed of introns and exons. Exons are the sections of DNA that contain the instruction set for generating

An exon junction complex (EJC) is a protein complex which forms on a pre-messenger RNA strand at the junction of two exons which have been joined together