Meaning of INTRON

Pronunciation:			'intrun
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein
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	Antonyms:		coding DNA, exon
	See Also:		deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
Glossary
	Definition:		A noncoding DNA sequence within a gene that is initially transcribed into messenger RNA but is later snipped out. See Coding, DNA, Messenger RNA, Transcription DNA sequence that interrupts the protein-coding sequence of a gene; an intron is transcribed into RNA but is cut out of the message before it is translated into protein. the DNA sequence in a eukaryotic gene that is not translated into a protein.