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Intergenic Regions

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Intergenic regions are the stretches of DNA located between genes. In humans, intergenic regions are non-protein-coding and comprise a large majority of the genome. Some intergenic DNA is known to regulate the expression of nearby genes.

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Intergenic Regions. Intergenic regions are the DNA regions between the coding genes. They comprise a very large portion of our DNA. They're important because they can actually be involved in regulating how a specific gene functions.

Ellen Sidransky, M.D.

Chief and Senior Investigator

Medical Genetics Branch

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Non-Coding DNA Gene Regulation Gene Amplification