INTRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intron mean? 

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

1. sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

intron; noncoding DNA

Hypernyms ("intron" 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:

exon (sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures)

 Context examples 

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(6;8)(q27;p11) that fuses intron 8 of the FGFR1 gene with intron 6, 7 or 8 of the FGFR1OP gene.

(FGFR1/FGFR1OP Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(2;13)(q35;q14) which fuses intron 1 of the FOXO1 gene with intron 7 of the PAX3 gene.

(FOXO1/PAX3 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(1;13)(p36;q14) which fuses intron 1 of the FOXO1 gene with intron 7 of the PAX7 gene.

(FOXO1/PAX7 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Most genes have multiple exons with introns between them.

(Exon, NCI Dictionary)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(11;22)(p13;q12) which fuses the intron between exons 7 and 8 of the EWSR1 gene with the intron between exons 7 and 8 of the WT1 gene.

(EWSR1/WT1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(10;12)(q11;p13) which fuses intron 10 of the ERC1 gene to intron 11 of the RET gene.

(ERC1/RET Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(12;21)(p13;q22) which fuses intron 5 of the ETV6 gene with intron 2 of the RUNX1 gene.

(ETV6/RUNX1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

HTR2A-C Allele contains a single-nucleotide polymorphism (102 T>C) in an intron and is expressed at a lower level than the 102 C>T allele.

(HTR2A 1 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

HTR2A-T Allele contains a single-nucleotide polymorphism (102 C>T) in an intron and is expressed at a higher level than the 102 T>C allele.

(HTR2A 2 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene (~3.2 kb) that results from a chromosomal translocation t(2;13)(q35;q14) which fuses intron 7 of the PAX3 gene with intron 1 of the FOXO1 gene.

(PAX3/FOXO1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)