1. exon - Noun
2. Exon - Proper noun
A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt.
Source: Webster's dictionaryexons are interspersed with introns Source: Internet
Acquired mutations (eg, W515L and W515K) are associated with severe anemia and have been detected in patients with ET or MF but not in patients with PV mutation (S505N; exon 10) has also been found in a Japanese pedigree with familial ET. Source: Internet
An inherited mutation (S505N; exon 10) has also been found in a Japanese pedigree with familial ET. Source: Internet
However, the term exon is often misused to refer only to coding sequences for the final protein. Source: Internet
Exonization is the creation of a new exon, as a result of mutations in intronic sequences. citation Polycistronic messages have multiple ORFs in one transcript and also have small regions of untranslated sequence between each ORF. Source: Internet
In order to create a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) knockout, an exon containing the nucleotides 3704-5364 was removed from the gene. Source: Internet