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nonexonic

nonexonic

English

Adjective

nonexonic (not comparable)

  1. Not exonic.
    • 2015 July 25, “GREAM: A Web Server to Short-List Potentially Important Genomic Repeat Elements Based on Over-/Under-Representation in Specific Chromosomal Locations, Such as the Gene Neighborhoods, within or across 17 Mammalian Species”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133647:
      This suggestion was made because such elements contributed to at least 5.5% of the mammal-exclusive nonexonic conserved elements located in the gene deserts with a strong preference for the neighborhood of genes involved in the development and transcriptional regulation.