Topic summary
Protein-coding
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Coding region.
See also
- Coding strand The DNA strand that codes for a protein
- Exon The entire portion of the strand that is transcribed
- Mature mRNA The portion of the mRNA transcription product that is translated
- Gene structure The other elements that make up a gene
- Nested gene Entire coding sequence lies within the bounds of a larger external gene
- Non-coding DNA Parts of genomes that do not encode protein-coding genes
- Non-coding RNA Molecules that do not encode proteins, so have no CDS
- Non-functional DNA Parts of genomes with no relevant biological function