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Exon

A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.

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DNA 76% connected

The molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms

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Acceptor RNA noun · 86% connection

RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…

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CDNA noun · 86% connection

single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

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Coding DNA noun · 86% connection

sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns"

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Complementary DNA noun · 86% connection

single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

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Copolymer noun · 86% connection

a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers

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Deoxyribonucleic acid noun · 86% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Desoxyribonucleic acid noun · 86% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Enzyme noun · 86% connection

any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

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Episome noun · 86% connection

DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)

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Informational RNA noun · 86% connection

the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…

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Intron noun · 86% connection

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

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Jumping gene noun · 86% connection

a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can…

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Junk DNA noun · 86% connection

stretches of DNA that do not code for genes; "most of the genome consists of junk DNA"

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Messenger RNA noun · 86% connection

the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…

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MRNA noun · 86% connection

the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…

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Noncoding DNA noun · 86% connection

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

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NRNA noun · 86% connection

ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell

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Nuclear RNA noun · 86% connection

ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell

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Ashantee noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

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Assyrian noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

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Australasian noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.

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Australian noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Australia.

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Austrian noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Austria.

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Batavian noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.

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Bavarian noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria.

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Belgian noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Belgium.

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Belong verb · 78% connection

To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law…

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Belooche Beloochee noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.

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Biscayan noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Biscay.

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Brazilian noun · 78% connection

A native or an inhabitant of Brazil.

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