Introns are noncoding sections of an RNA transcript, or the DNA encoding it, that are spliced

out before the RNA molecule is translated into a protein. The sections of DNA (or RNA) that
code for proteins are called exons.
An intron is any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is removed byRNA
splicing during maturation of the final RNA product.[1][2] The termintron refers to both the DNA
sequence within a gene and the corresponding sequence in RNA transcripts.[3] Sequences that are
joined together in the final mature RNA after RNA splicing are exons. Introns are found in the genes
of most organisms and many viruses, and can be located in a wide range of genes, including those
that generateproteins, ribosomal RNA (rRNA), and transfer RNA (tRNA). When proteins are
generated from intron-containing genes, RNA splicing takes place as part of the RNA processing
pathway that follows transcriptionand precedes translation.
The word intron is derived from the term intragenic region, i.e. a region inside a gene. Although
introns are sometimes called intervening sequences, the term "intervening sequence" can refer to
any of several families of internal nucleic acid sequences that are not present in the final gene
product, including inteins, untranslated sequences (UTR), and nucleotides removed byRNA editing,
in addition to introns.