| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun exon.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (exon) | 1. Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns".[Wordnet]. 2. A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.[Websters]. 3. An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt.[Websters]. | |
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Specialty Definition: EXONS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Geology | The protein-coding DNA sequences of a gene. Compare intron. (references) | ||
| Health | Coding regions of messenger RNA included in the genetic transcript which survive the processing of RNA in cell nuclei to become part of a spliced messenger of structural RNA in the cytoplasm. They include joining and diversity exons of immunoglobulin genes. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: exon
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Exon trapping | Exon trapping is a molecular biology technique to identify potential exons in a fragment of eucaryote DNA of unknown intron-exon structure. This is done to determine if the fragment is part of an expressed gene. (references) | ||
| J. James Exon | John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921 - June 10, 2005) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. Exon was a Nebraska Democrat who never lost an election. He was elected and re-elected governor in 1970 & 1974, elected to the Senate in 1978, and re-elected in 1984 and 1990. He is the only Nebraskan besides George Norris, the architect of Nebraska's Unicameral, to win five consecutive statewide elections. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: exon
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Exon shuffling | Geology | A type of recombination where the exons of a gene are recombined to make new genes. (references) | |
| Exon trapping (exon trap method) | Geology | A technique used to identify exons with a specialized vector. The vector has two exons that are normal, spliced together in a transcript. Fragments of DNA can be inserted into the intron, and when the insert is an exon, the exon is spliced into the transcript, thereby giving a longer transcript that can be detected by Northern blot analysis. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: exon | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Exon | 21 | Exon | 21 | |
| J. James Exon | 16 | Exon (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| In vivo selection of an entire exon | 3 | Exon shuffling | 3 | |
| Exon shuffling | 3 | Exon trapping | 3 | |
| Exon trapping | 3 | In vivo selection of an entire exon | 3 | |
| Exon (alternative meanings) | 2 | J. James Exon | 16 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
