English Dictionary

intron

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪntɹɒn/

名詞

(genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.

日本語の意味

前駆RNA（pre-RNA）の転写物に含まれているが、RNAプロセシングの際に除去され、速やかに分解される遺伝子の一部

The researcher studied how an intron affected gene expression during embryonic development.

研究者は、胚発生中の遺伝子発現にイントロン（分割遺伝子の前駆RNAに含まれるが、RNA処理で除去され迅速に分解される非コード領域）がどのように影響するかを調べた。

意味（1）

(genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.

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

introns （ plural ）