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intron

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004463

The sequence of DNA in between exons that is initially copied into RNA, but is cut out of the final, mature messenger RNA transcript. Introns do not code for amino acids that make up the protein encoded by the gene.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004463
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
See alsoexon
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004463",
  "term": "intron",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The sequence of DNA in between exons that is initially copied into RNA, but is cut out of the final, mature messenger RNA transcript. Introns do not code for amino acids that make up the protein encoded by the gene.",
  "see_also": [
    "exon"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/intron/"
}

Record 9,441 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.