Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 38
Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Marie-Hélène GARCIA, Marta SERNA GIL, Regina CAVA GARCÍA
Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
Term: intron
Gramatical category: s
Definition: Intervening sequences that are present in the genes of eukaryotes and are removed from the RNA transcript shortly after transcription.
Context: After discarding those questionable introns that do not contain correct splice sites, the final database contained 17 102 introns, 21 019 exons and 2903 independent or quasi-independent genes.
Expression: Intron sequence
Intron and exon
Weighting mark: nor
Remission: diaf_var, Hermafroditismo Fuente: BAJO ARENAS, José Manuel (2009). Fundamentos de Ginecología. Madrid: Ed. Médica Panamericana.