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What Are Introns? — Definition & Role in Transcription

By Gabi Slizewska
DNA strand bonded with its mRNA transcript. Parts of the DNA strand form loops that don't match the mRNA.

A DNA strand binds to its mRNA transcript and looks something like the picture above. What are the loops that are formed by the DNA strand?

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