Definition of Splicing
1. Noun. A junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together. "The break was due to an imperfect splice"
Definition of Splicing
1. Noun. The point at which two things are spliced. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of splice) ¹
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Definition of Splicing
1. splice [v] - See also: splice
Medical Definition of Splicing
1.
The process by which introns are removed from hnRNA to produce mature messenger RNA that contains only exons. Alternative splicing seems to occur in many proteins and by alternative exon usage a set of related proteins can be generated from one gene, often in a tissue or developmental stage specific manner.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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