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Exon

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003058

The sequence of DNA that is present in the final, mature messenger RNA transcript. Most exons code for amino acids, which link together to form a protein. Most genes are made up of many exons with introns in between them.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003058
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
See alsoIntron
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Exon",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The sequence of DNA that is present in the final, mature messenger RNA transcript. Most exons code for amino acids, which link together to form a protein. Most genes are made up of many exons with introns in between them.",
  "see_also": [
    "intron"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/exon/"
}

Record 7,033 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.