Medical term:

splicing


splic·ing

(splīs'ing),
1. Attachment of one DNA molecule to another. Synonym(s): gene splicing
2. Removal of introns from mRNA precursors and the reattachment or annealing of exons. Synonym(s): RNA splicing
3. Posttranslational modification of a protein involving two proteolytic enzymes and one ligation; results in the removal of an internal sequence of amino acyl residues.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

splic·ing

(splīs'ing)
1. Attachment of one DNA molecule to another.
Synonym(s): gene splicing.
2. Removal of introns from mRNA precursors and the reattachment or annealing of exons.
Synonym(s): RNA splicing.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

splicing

In genetics, the process in a DISCONTINUOUS GENE in MESSENGER RNA of removal of INTRONS and the joining together of exons.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

splicing

the joining together of RNA chains, for example after the excision of INTRONS to link up the EXON segments and produce mature mRNA. see RNA PROCESSING.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

splic·ing

(splīs'ing)
1. Attachment of one DNA molecule to another.
Synonym(s): gene splicing.
2. Removal of introns from mRNA precursors and the reattachment or annealing of exons.
Synonym(s): RNA splicing.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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