coding dna

1. 1.

   sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures

   “exons are interspersed with introns”

   Synonymsexon

   Broaderdeoxyribonucleic acid

Questions about coding dna

What does coding dna mean?

coding dna means "sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures".

What is another word for coding dna?

Close synonyms include exon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coding dna a common word?

coding dna is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.