Interexon

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A region of a transcribed gene between exons.

    "RT-PCR primers for the identification of active HERV loci were designed from the sequences of predicted/expected loci and incorporated 0 to 3 ambiguous nucleotides taking the other homologous loci into account. […] Locus-specific primers were set in interexons. Those sequences and PCR conditions were as follows: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Between exons. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"RT-PCR primers for the identification of active HERV loci were designed from the sequences of predicted/expected loci and incorporated 0 to 3 ambiguous nucleotides taking the other homologous loci into account. […] Locus-specific primers were set in interexons. Those sequences and PCR conditions were as follows: […]"

Etymology

From inter- + exon.

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