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What is an exon?

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When a gene is transcribed to for an mRNA molecule, introns are removed and exons stay to be reattached to from one linear mRNA molecule again. This final RNA sequence then gets used by a Ribosome to form a protein

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An exon is a nucleic acid sequence that is represented in a mature form of an RNA molecule.

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Exons are a sequence of DNA that codes for protein synthesis that is transcribed to messenger RNA. Using these exons in different ways can produce different proteins from the same genes.

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