How to Use exon in a Sentence
exon
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Why is old exon science getting new traction?
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Elaine Chen,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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The first exon encodes 97 bp of 5′-untranslated sequence.
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Kirstin R.w. Matthews,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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Entrada is one of a group of companies developing new exon-skipping drugs.
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Jason Mast,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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That strategy, known as exon skipping, would taunt Debra for two decades, always promising a therapy just out of reach.
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Jason Mast,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
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That’s when Hawken enrolled in a clinical trial for a new exon-skipping drug Debra helped support.
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Jason Mast,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
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This genomic organization is typical of most other chemoattractant receptor genes in that the entire coding sequence is contained on a single exon.
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Kirstin R.w. Matthews,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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The results from this study indicate that the murine C3a receptor structural gene is a single copy gene of approximately 8 kb comprised of 2 exons which are separated by a large intervening intron of 4724 bp.
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Kirstin R.w. Matthews,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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