intron

See also: intrón, and íntron

English

Etymology

From intragenic region.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɹɒn/

Noun

intron (plural introns)

1. (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 138:

     It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns.

Coordinate terms

• exon, extron

Derived terms

• intronic
• intronization
• intronless

Translations

genetics: portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 内含子 (nèihánzǐ)

• French: intron (fr)
• Hungarian: intron
• Icelandic: innröð f
• Italian: introne (it)
• Khmer: អន្តោរាណូ (ɑɑntaorɔn)
• Portuguese: íntron
• Russian: интро́н (ru) m (intrón)
• Spanish: intrón (es)
• Swedish: intron (sv)