exon

See also: éxon, exón, and Exon.

English

Etymology 1

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

Noun

exon (plural exons)

  1. An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Etymology 2

Combination of the prefix ex of the term expressed (region) and the term intron.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

exon (plural exons)

  1. (genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.
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  1. "The notion of the cistron [i.e., gene] ... must be replaced by that of a transcription unit containing regions which will be lost from the mature messenger – which I suggest we call introns (for intragenic regions) – alternating with regions which will be expressed – exons." (Walter Gilbert 1978)

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zɔ̃/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)
  • Homophone: exons

Noun

exon m (plural exons)

  1. (genetics) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    Antonym: intron

Derived terms
  • exonique

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛkson]
  • Hyphenation: exon
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

exon (plural exonok)

  1. (genetics) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (a region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of exon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. exonom exonjaim
2nd person sing. exonod exonjaid
3rd person sing. exonja exonjai
1st person plural exonunk exonjaink
2nd person plural exonotok exonjaitok
3rd person plural exonjuk exonjaik
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