›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7): 80-83.

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Function and Application of Intron

ZHANG Kai-hui   

  1. Baoji College of Engineering Technology,Baoji 721013,China
  • Received:2011-12-17 Online:2012-07-20 Published:2012-07-16

Abstract: Since the discovery of intron, people always pay close attention to it. At present more and more researches found that intron is involved in mRNA transcription and translation regulation and tissue-specific expression.Based on intron recognition, it shows wide application prospect in many ways, but the intron application has just started. In this paper, those are discussed about the function of intron and the application of intron in genomics, molecular evolution, molecular systematics and transgenic system.

Key words: intron; positive regulation; negative regulation; species evolution; intron length polymorphism markers

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