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Exon
The sequence of a gene that encodes a protein. Exons may be separated by introns.


Read more about this term in the Online Textbook:
Proteins and Proteomics: Genomics-Based Predictions of Cellular Proteins
Genetically Modified Organisms: Getting the Plasmid In

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Intron

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