exon
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English
Etymology 1
Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.
Noun
exon (plural exons)
- 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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛksɑn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
exon (plural exons)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
region of a gene
See also
References
- ^ "The notion of the cistron ... 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)
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
exon m (plural exons)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
exon (plural exonok)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exon | exonok |
| accusative | exont | exonokat |
| dative | exonnak | exonoknak |
| instrumental | exonnal | exonokkal |
| causal-final | exonért | exonokért |
| translative | exonná | exonokká |
| terminative | exonig | exonokig |
| essive-formal | exonként | exonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | exonban | exonokban |
| superessive | exonon | exonokon |
| adessive | exonnál | exonoknál |
| illative | exonba | exonokba |
| sublative | exonra | exonokra |
| allative | exonhoz | exonokhoz |
| elative | exonból | exonokból |
| delative | exonról | exonokról |
| ablative | exontól | exonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
exoné | exonoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
exonéi | exonokéi |