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noncoding

noncoding adjective: that does not code for protein.

Adjective

noncoding (not comparable)

  1. That does not code for protein.
    • We have identified an miR-1246 target site in the noncoding region of F8 mRNA and were able to confirm the suppressory role of hsa-miR-1246 on F8 expression in a stable lymphoblastoid cell line expressing FVIII. These findings suggest several testable hypotheses vis-à-vis the role of nc-RNAs in the...2015 July 16, “Small ncRNA Expression-Profiling of Blood from Hemophilia A Patients Identifies miR-1246 as a Potential Regulator of Factor 8 Gene”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of noncoding

From non- + coding.

Questions about noncoding

What does noncoding mean?
Noncoding means that does not code for protein.
What part of speech is noncoding?
Noncoding is an adjective.

Words near noncoding in the dictionary

  1. noncocompact
  2. noncoded
  3. noncoder
  4. noncoders
  5. noncodified
  6. noncoding
  7. noncoerced
  8. noncoercion
  9. noncoercive
  10. noncoercively
  11. noncoexistence

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