exitron
exitron noun: one of a set of alternatively spliced internal regions of protein-coding exons.
Noun
exitron (plural exitrons)
- One of a set of alternatively spliced internal regions of protein-coding exons.
- Therefore, in what ways might the processing and regulation of exitron splicing differ from that of conventional introns?2015 July 7, Dorothee Staiger, Gordon G. Simpson, “Enter exitrons”, in Genome Biology, volume 16, →DOI
- On the basis of their exonic and intronic nature, here we name them exitrons (exonic introns [EIs]) and define them as alternatively spliced internal regions of protein-coding exons2015 May 1, Marquez Y, Höpfler M, Ayatollahi Z, Barta A, Kalyna M, “Unmasking alternative splicing inside protein-coding exons defines exitrons and their role in proteome plasticity”, in Genome...
Forms of exitron
| plural | exitrons |
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Origin of exitron
Blend of exon + intron (approximately).
Questions about exitron
- What does exitron mean?
- Exitron means one of a set of alternatively spliced internal regions of protein-coding exons.
- What part of speech is exitron?
- Exitron is a noun.
- What is the plural of exitron?
- The plural of exitron is exitrons.
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