See Also: noncoding DNA(medicine)

spurling (iou) and noncoding DNA (medicine)


spurling (iou)



spurling noun. E19.
[Origin unkn.]
Nautical.
spurling line, a line running from a rudder to a wheel and operating a tell-tale indicating the position of the rudder. E19.
spurling gate, spurling gate pipe, spurling pipe: a cast iron fitting in a deck through which the anchor chain passes. E20.

noncoding DNA (medicine)


noncoding DNA
<molecular biology> DNA that does not code for part of a polypeptide chain or RNA.This includes introns and pseudo genes. In eukaryotes the majority of the DNA is noncoding. Noncoding strand refers to the so called nonsense strand, as opposed to the sense strand which is actually translated into mRNA.