EXON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exon mean? 

• EXON (noun)
  The noun EXON has 1 sense:

1. sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures

  Familiarity information: EXON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

coding DNA; exon

Context example:

exons are interspersed with introns

Hypernyms ("exon" is a kind of...):

deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)

Antonym:

intron (sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein)

 Context examples 

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal inversion inv(11)(q21q23) which fuses the exon 7 of the MLL gene to exon 2 of the MAML2 gene.

(MLL/MAML2 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(3;11)(q28;q23) which fuses exon 8 of the MLL gene to exon 9 of the LPP gene.

(MLL/LPP Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(1;11)(q21;q23) which fuses the first 6 exons of the MLL gene to the 5' untranslated region of the MLLT11 gene.

(MLL/MLLT11 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(11;12)(q23;q13) which fuses exon 9 of the MLL gene to most of the SARNP gene.

(MLL/SARNP Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(X;11)(q24;q23) which fuses the 5' half of the MLL gene to exon 1 of the SEPT6 gene.

(MLL/SEPT6 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(11;22)(q23;q11.2) which fuses exon 7 of the MLL gene to exon 3 of the SEPT5 gene.

(MLL/SEPT5 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(11;14)(q23;q24) which fuses exon 8 of the MLL gene to the 3' half of the GPHN gene.

(MLL/GPHN Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(3;11)(q25;q23) which fuses either exon 7 or 8 of the MLL gene to nucleotide 150 of the GMPS gene.

(MLL/GMPS Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation which fuses exon 1 of the MESDC2 gene with exon 3 of the SENP1 gene.

(MESDC2/SENP1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele exhibits a SNP (3435 C>T) in exon 26 that results in wobble.

(ABCB1 2 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)