Exon Synonyms and Antonyms

ĕksŏn
Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. coding DNA
Antonyms:
  1. intron

Words Related to Exon

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. intronic
  2. non-coding
  3. mrnas
  4. chromosome
  5. nucleotide
  6. wt1
  7. telomeric
  8. allele

Exon Sentence Examples

  • The Inquisitio Eliensis, the "Exon Domesday" (so called from the preservation of the volume at Exeter), and the second volume of Domesday Book, also all contain the full details which the original returns supplied.

  • More specifically, these are genes where the matching cDNAs match some bases of every predicted exon.

  • This SNP is located in a splicing region, just before the last exon, and might originate a splicing variant with functional consequences.

  • Typically a mutation in one of these genes causes exon skipping with the deletion of exon 6 from the corresponding mRNA.