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There are many kinds of genes that do not code for proteins, most of them code for several distinct types of functional RNAs. For example: ribosomal RNA (rRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), guide RNA (gRNA), small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA), micro RNA (miRNA) and many others.

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Genes from which tRNA and rRNA are transcribed do not code for proteins.

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~5% of the DNA codes for proteins is called exons ~95% of the DNA that does not code for proteins is called introns. (Function unknown)

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