ALL meanings of intron
in·tron
I i - noun intron a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription. 1
- noun intron A segment of a DNA or RNA molecule that does not code for proteins and interrupts the sequence of genes. 1
- noun intron a stretch of DNA that interrupts a gene and does not contribute to the specification of a protein 0
- noun intron an intervening sequence in the eukaryote genetic code, interrupting protein formation 0
- noun intron (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded. 0