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Coordinated gene cluster
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operon
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In genetics , an operon is a functioning unit of genomic DNA containing a cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter . The genes are transcribed together into an mRNA strand and either translated together in the cytoplasm, or undergo trans-splicing ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together.
Usage examples of operon.
Why, for instance, does uterine analysis of double cortical folded fetuses in their seventh month indicate massive reshuffling of chromosomal operons linked with memory-androgen formation?
Firstly, the control of gene function, such as the turning off of gene transcription by the products of the coded enzyme in operons, and for providing sequences recognized by transcription or replication enzymes.
Firstly, there is the control of gene function, such as the turning off of gene transcription by the products of the coded enzyme in operons, and for providing sequences recognized by transcription or replication enzymes.
Complex digestive organs, aided by the tools of DNA splicing and some fiendishly complicated expression control operons, assimilated and dissected chromosomes from everything the package’s children swallowed.