noncoding

US: /ˌnɑnˈkoʊdɪŋ/

Definition

Definition of noncoding - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

biology

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related to DNA or RNA regions that never produce proteins

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This noncoding region influences gene activity without making any proteins.

dormant

unused

Noun

biology

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genetic material or sequences that do not encode a protein product

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The study compared mutations in coding and noncoding across the entire genome.

unjustified

unwarranted

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intergenic

adj.

biology

describing noncoding DNA sections between genes

template strand

biology

noncoding DNA strand used for RNA synthesis

Examples of noncoding in a sentence

These noncoding segments were once dismissed as junk DNA.
Researchers focused on noncoding to understand regulatory elements in the genome.
The mutations occurred mostly in noncoding rather than in protein-coding regions.

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French:non codant, non-codant, ...
German:nichtkodierend, Nichtkodierend, ...
Italian:non codificante, sequenza non codificante, ...
Spanish:no codificante, secuencia no codificante, ...
Portuguese:não codificante, sequência não codificante, ...
Chinese:非编码的, 非编码序列, ...
Japanese:非翻訳の, 非コード領域, ...
Arabic:غَيْر مُرَمِّز, غَيْر مُرَمِّز, ...
Hebrew:לֹא מְקוֹדֵד, אֵזוֹר לֹא מְקוֹדֵד, ...
Russian:некодирующий, некодирующие участки, ...
Ukrainian:некодуючий, некодуючі послідовності, ...
Hindi:नॉन-कोडिंग, नॉनकोडिंग, ...
Bengali:নন-কোডিং, ননকোডিং, ...
Catalan:no codificant, material no codificant, ...
Czech:nekódující, nekódující sekvence, ...
Danish:ikke-kodende, ikke-kodende sekvens, ...
Dutch:niet-coderend, niet-coderend genetisch materiaal, ...
Greek:μη κωδικοποιητικός, μη κωδικοποιητική αλληλουχία, ...
Hungarian:nem kódoló, nem kódoló szakasz, ...
Khmer:មិនបង្កើតប្រូតេអ៊ីន, សម្ភារៈហ្សែន ឬ លំដាប់ហ្សែនដែលមិនបម្លែងកូដសម្រាប់ផលិតប្រូតេអ៊ីន, ...
Korean:비암호화의, 비암호 서열, ...
Persian:غیرکدگذار, غیرکدینگ, ...
Polish:niekodujący, sekwencje niekodujące, ...
Portuguese (BR):não codificante, região não codificante, ...
Romanian:necodant, secvență necodantă, ...
Swedish:ickekodande, delar av genomet som inte kodar för protein, ...
Thai:ไม่เข้ารหัส, ส่วนไม่เข้ารหัส, ...
Turkish:kodlamayan, kodlamayan bölge, ...
Vietnamese:không mã hóa, vùng không mã hóa, ...

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