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exon

See also: éxon, exón, and Exon.

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

Noun edit

exon (plural exons)

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

exon m (plural exons)

  1. (genetics) exon
    Antonym: intron

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Hungarian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

exon (plural exonok)

  1. (genetics) exon (a region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
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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