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Gene Components

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Definition: The parts of the gene sequence that carry out the different functions of the GENES.  general; prefer specifics; do not confuse with GENOME COMPONENTS   
Examples Codon; Exons; Expressed Sequence Tags; 3' Flanking Region; 5' Flanking Region; Immunoglobulin Switch Region; Introns; Open Reading Frames; Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional; RNA 3' Polyadenylation Signals; RNA Splice Sites; RNA 5' Terminal Oligopyrimidine Sequence; Untranslated Regions 		Other names Gene Component; Components, Gene; Component, Gene

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