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Are UTRs part of exons?


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Exons:

  1. The nucleotide sequence in mRNA.
  2. It codes for proteins i.e. DNA bases that are translated to proteins.
  3. Found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes

UTRs:

  1. These are the untranslated regions in the 5' region of the start codon on mRNA & 3' region of the stop codon.
  2. They are a part of exons.

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