intron

intron

See also: intrón and íntron

English

Etymology

From intragenic region.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɹɒn/

Noun

intron (plural introns)

1. (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 138:

     It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns.

Coordinate terms

• exon, extron

Derived terms

• intronic
• intronization
• intronless

Translations

genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing

French: intron (fr) Hungarian: intron Icelandic: innröð f Italian: introne (it) Khmer: អន្តោរាណូ (ɑɑntaorɔn) Portuguese: íntron Russian: интро́н (ru) m (intrón) Spanish: intrón (es) Swedish: intron (sv)