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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTRON

From intr( agenic) ( regi) on.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INTRON

intron  [ˈɪntrɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTRON

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Intron is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Intron

An intron is any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is removed by RNA splicing while the final mature RNA product of a gene is being generated. The term intron refers to both the DNA sequence within a gene and the corresponding sequence in RNA transcripts. Sequences that are joined together in the final mature RNA after RNA splicing are exons. Introns are found in the genes of most organisms and many viruses, and can be located in a wide range of genes, including those that generate proteins, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA. When proteins are generated from intron-containing genes, RNA splicing takes place as part of the RNA processing pathway that follows transcription and precedes translation. The word intron is derived from the term intragenic region, i.e. a region inside a gene. Although introns are sometimes called intervening sequences, the term "intervening sequence" can refer to any of several families of internal nucleic acid sequences that are not present in the final gene product, including inteins, untranslated sequences, and nucleotides removed by RNA editing, in addition to introns.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTRON


Accutron
ˈækjuːˌtrɒn
betatron
ˈbiːtəˌtrɒn
biotron
ˈbaɪəʊˌtrɒn
cyclotron
ˈsaɪkləˌtrɒn
digitron
ˈdɪdʒɪˌtrɒn
electron
ɪˈlɛktrɒn
isotron
ˈaɪsəˌtrɒn
klystron
ˈklɪstrɒn
latron
ˈleɪtrɒn
magnetron
ˈmæɡnɪˌtrɒn
mellotron
ˈmɛləˌtrɒn
negatron
ˈnɛɡəˌtrɒn
neutron
ˈnjuːtrɒn
photoelectron
ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈlɛktrɒn
positron
ˈpɒzɪˌtrɒn
semantron
sɪˈmæntrɒn
synchrotron
ˈsɪŋkrəˌtrɒn
tevatron
ˈtevəˌtrɒn
thyratron
ˈθaɪrəˌtrɒn
tron
trɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTRON

introit
introitus
introject
introjection
introjective
intromission
intromit
intromitted
intromittent
intromitting
introrse
introrsely
introspect
introspection
introspective
introspectively
introspectiveness
introsusception
introversible
introversion

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTRON

bevatron
Chronotron
cistron
citron
delayed neutron
elytron
fast neutron
free electron
hemelytron
hyoplastron
ignitron
matron
natron
patron
periastron
phytotron
plastron
rhumbatron
teletron
waitron

Synonyms and antonyms of intron in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «intron» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTRON

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The translations of intron from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intron» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

内含子
1,325 millions of speakers

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intrón
570 millions of speakers

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intron
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Translator English - Hindi

Intron
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إنترون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интрон
278 millions of speakers

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intron
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intron
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intron
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Intron
190 millions of speakers

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Intron
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イントロン
130 millions of speakers

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인트론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intron
85 millions of speakers
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intron
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இன்ட்ரான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतर्गोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

intron
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

introne
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intronu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

интрон
40 millions of speakers

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intron
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ιντρόνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

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intron
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intron
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

intron
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intron

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRON»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intron

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTRON»

Discover the use of intron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of Group I Intron Structure ...
Two crystal structures of the Azoarcus self-splicing group I intron have been determined.
Mary Regina Stahley, 2011
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Polar Localization of a Group II Intron-encoded Reverse ...
LTRB INTRON INSERTS PREFERENTIALLY INTO THE ORI REGION OF E. COLI GENOME An Ll.LtrB intron with randomized EBS2, EBS1, and δ sequences inserts at sites distributed throughout the E. coli genome, and was used to obtain a ...
Junhua Zhao, 2007
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Bacterial Gene Targeting Using Group II Intron Ll.LtrB and ...
intron-derived ribozyme constructs (Fedorova et al., 2003). DIV contains the open reading frame (ORF) for the intron-encoded protein (IEP, denoted LtrA in Ll.LtrB intron), which facilitates intron splicing under physiological conditions and is ...
Jun Yao, 2008
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Life-cycle Assessment in Building and Construction: A ...
INTRON. 1997. Vergelijking van milieueffecten van de winning van ophoogzand uit zee met de winning uit binnenlandse voorraden, NVTB. 96349 M708610, M711930. INTRON. 1998. Eco-profiles of high pressure decorative laminate ( HPL) ...
Shpresa Kotaji, Agnes Schuurmans, Suzy Edwards, 2003
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Molecular Biology of Nucleases
intron came from the self splicing of rRNA of Tetrahymena (Cech, 1983). Thomas Cech and his colleagues (1981) showed that a 414 nucleotide long intron was self spliced, forming the mature ribosomal RNA from the precursor rRNA molecule ...
Nawin C. Mishra, 1995
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Mathematical Hierarchies and Biology: DIMACS Workshop, ...
Intron evolution in ALDH genes: comparison of competing theories. We developed a model that was flexible enough to account for analyses under each rival theory. Our model incorporates the following assumptions, (i) There are three major ...
Boris Grigorʹevich Mirkin, 1997
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Fungal Genomics
4.2 Group I introns: Structure and mobility By convention short conserved sequence motifs have been defined within group I intron sequences, including the P-, Q-, R-, and S-sequence motifs, each about 10 to 12 bp in length. These motifs are ...
‎2003
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Measuring Immunity: Basic Science and Clinical Practice
Table 4.3 (Continued) Cytokine and polymorphism Disease Association First author, year1 IL-1Ra intron 2 86bp VNTR IL-1Ra intron 2 86bp VNTR IL-1Ra intron 2 86bp VNTR IL-1Ra intron 2 86bp VNTR IL-1Ra intron 2 86bp VNTR IL- 1Ra ...
Michael T. Lotze, Angus W. Thomson, 2011
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RNA: Catalysis, Splicing, Evolution
GROUP I INTRONS ARE MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS Sequencing of homologous genes from different species frequently reveals differences in intron- exon structure. Since the homologous genes have clearly evolved from a common ...
M. Belfort, D.A. Shub, 2012
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The Cytokine Handbook, Two-Volume Set
TABLE 2.3 (continued) LTa (TNFb) intron 1 NcoI RFLP Gastric cancer Yes ( survival) Shimura, 1995 LTa (TNFb) intron 1 NcoI RFLP Grave's disease via LD with HLA? Badenhoop, 1992 LTa (TNFb) intron 1 NcoI RFLP Hashimoto's disease No ...
Angus W. Thomson, Michael T. Lotze, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intron is used in the context of the following news items.
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Spectrum and frequencies of BRCA1/2 mutations in Bulgarian high …
Direct sequencing of all coding exons and intron-exon junctions of both genes was performed. This is the first comprehensive study in Bulgaria ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
2
Bacterial evolution An intriguing new bacterial phylum
... one-third of the genomes have a self-splicing intron and/or open reading frame insertion in the 16S rRNA gene; and some of the genomes do ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Parent–progeny sequencing indicates higher mutation rates in …
Only the single base changes at intergenic, intron and fourfold degenerate sites were used to estimate the divergence and diversity. The intraspecific diversity in ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Consortium Links Two Loci to Major Depressive Disorder
... to uncover two loci, one near SIRT1 and one in an intron of LHPP, associated with the condition, as the consortium reported today in Nature. «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
5
Genetics of disease: Associations with depression
... or variants, are associated with MDD — one near the SIRT1 gene and the other in an intron (a non-protein-coding region) of the gene LHPP. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
6
Calcification of joints and arteries: second report with novel NT5E …
All exons and their exon–intron boundaries in the NT5E gene were amplified via PCR. Direct sequencing was performed using the BigDye ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
7
A novel AIFM1 mutation expands the phenotype to an infantile motor …
The coding exons and exon–intron boundaries of the AIFM1 gene (RefSeq NM_004208.3) were PCR-amplified using specific primers, cycle ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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High nucleotide diversity and limited linkage disequilibrium in …
EPIC markers were designed to span at least one intron with product sizes ranging from 600 to 1200 bp with exon sequences that were at least ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
9
Novel and recurrent CIB2 variants, associated with nonsyndromic …
All exons of CIB2 including exon–intron boundaries were analyzed for the presence of variants as previously described, employing ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
10
Establishment of a coastal fish in the Azores: recent colonisation or …
The first intron of the S7 ribosomal protein gene (S7) was amplified and sequenced for 137 specimens for a portion of 269–271 bp in length ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

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