# coding region

> portion of a gene's DNA or RNA, composed of exons, that codes for protein; composed of codons, which are decoded, translated into proteins by the ribosome; begins with the start codon and end with a stop codon

**Wikidata**: [Q3780824](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3780824)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_region)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/coding-region


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](http://www.sequenceontology.org/browser/current_release/term/SO:0000316)
3. KBpedia
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)