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RNA splicing

RNA splicing noun: a process in which the exons of a primary gene transcript, the pre-mRNA, are separated and reconnected so as to produce alternative ribonucleotide arrangements in the final mRNA.

Noun

RNA splicing (uncountable)

  1. A process in which the exons of a primary gene transcript, the pre-mRNA, are separated and reconnected so as to produce alternative ribonucleotide arrangements in the final mRNA

Questions about RNA splicing

What does RNA splicing mean?
RNA splicing means a process in which the exons of a primary gene transcript, the pre-mRNA, are separated and reconnected so as to produce alternative ribonucleotide arrangements in the final mRNA.
What part of speech is RNA splicing?
RNA splicing is a noun.

Words near RNA splicing in the dictionary

  1. RNA expression profile
  2. RNA expression profiles
  3. RNA interference
  4. RNA polymerase
  5. RNA polymerases
  6. RNA splicing
  7. RNA virus
  8. RNA viruses
  9. RNA world
  10. RNA worlds
  11. RNA-Seq

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