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ID 728410 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain biotechnology
  • a sequence of DNA inserted within a gene that is not part of the coding sequence and is therefore not represented in the messenger RNA. Many, though not all, eukaryotic structural genes contain these sequences. They have not, however, been found in bacterial genes.
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