noncoding DNA

Noun

Meaning

sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

intron junk DNA

Hypernyms

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid desoxyribonucleic acid

Examples

Noncoding DNA is made up of all of those sequences (ca. 98% of the genome) that are not used to encode proteins. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

noncoder noncodified noncoding noncoding element noncoding fragment noncoding interval