OPERON


Meaning of OPERON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈä-pə-ˌrän ]

noun

Etymology: French opéron, from opérer to bring about, effect (from Latin operari ) + -on -on (II)

Date: 1961

: a group of closely linked genes that produces a single messenger RNA molecule in transcription and that consists of structural genes and regulating elements (as an operator and promoter)

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