English Explanatory Dictionary

alternative RNA splicing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process by which the exons of the RNA produced by transcription of a gene (a primary gene transcript or pre-mRNA) are reconnected in multiple ways during RNA splicing, so as to allow production of multiple forms of protein from one gene.

Word forms

alternative RNA splicing
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