exon

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A section of @D01597@ which carries the coding @ST06775@ for a protein or part of it. Exons are separated by intervening, non-coding sequences (cf. @I03141@). In eukaryotes most @G02604@ consist of a number of exons.
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)) on page 153 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'exon' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02268 RIS BibTex EndNote
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