Difference between revisions of "Non-coding DNA"

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'''Non-coding DNA''' is the strand of [[DNA]] that does not carry the information necessary to make a [[protein]]. The non-coding strand is the mirror image of the coding strand and is also known as the antisense strand.
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'''Non-coding DNA''' is the strand of [[DNA]] that does not carry the information necessary to make a [[protein]]. Non-coding regions found within genes are referred to as "introns" and are removed during processing of the RNA strand made during transcription but before translation.
  
 
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Revision as of 04:00, November 15, 2009

Non-coding DNA is the strand of DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make a protein. Non-coding regions found within genes are referred to as "introns" and are removed during processing of the RNA strand made during transcription but before translation.

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http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm?key=non%2Dcoding%20DNA

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