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Intron vs Intein - What's the difference?

intron | intein |

As nouns the difference between intron and intein

is that intron is a portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded while intein is a segment of a protein, analogous to an intron, that is able to excise itself, the gap being closed with a peptide bond.

intron

English

(wikipedia intron)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) A portion of a split gene that is included in pre-RNA transcripts but is removed during RNA processing and rapidly degraded.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 138:
  • *:It is a medium-sized gene, then, interrupted by five longish introns .

    • intein

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia intein) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A segment of a protein, analogous to an intron, that is able to excise itself, the gap being closed with a peptide bond

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