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Intron
The DNA sequence within a gene that interrupts the protein-coding sequence of a gene. It is transcribed into RNA but it is removed before the RNA is translated into protein.


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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