OPERON

Meaning of OPERON in English

[ 'ɒpərɒn ]

■ noun Biology a unit made up of linked genes which is thought to regulate other genes responsible for protein synthesis.

Origin

1960s: from Fr. opérer 'to effect, work' + -on .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

OPERON — noun Etymology: French opéron, from opérer to bring about, effect (from Latin operari) + -on 2-on Date: 1961 a group …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPERON — Genetic regulatory system of single-celled organisms ( prokaryote s) and their viruses, in which gene s coding for functionally related …
Английский словарь Британика
OPERON — ˈäpəˌrän noun ( -s ) Etymology: French opéron , from opérer to bring about, effect (from Latin operari ) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPERON — /op"euh ron'/ , n. Genetics. a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPERON — noun Etymology: French opéron, from opérer to bring about, effect (from Latin operari ) + -on -on (II) Date: 1961 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPERON — [op.er.on] n [F operon, fr. operer to bring about, effect (fr. L operari) + -on [2]-on] (1961): a group of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPERON — genetic regulatory system found in bacteria and their viruses in which genes coding for functionally related proteins are clustered along …
Britannica English vocabulary
OPERON — n. Genetic regulatory system of single-celled organisms ( prokaryote s) and their viruses, in which gene s coding for functionally …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OPERON — биол. оперон (биология) оперон
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPERON — Оперон
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OPERON — n биол. оперон
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPERON — биол. оперон
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
OPERON — (n) оперон
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OPERON — n биол. оперон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OPERON — n биол. оперон
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OPERON — ген. оперон
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
OPERON — ген. оперон
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
OPERON — оперон (генетическая функциональная единица)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
OPERON — Оперон
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OPERON — биол. оперон (биология) оперон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPERON — n. Pronunciation: ' ä-p ə - ˌ rän Function: noun Etymology: French opéron, from opérer to bring about, effect (fr. …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MONOD, JACQUES (LUCIEN) — born Feb. 9, 1910, Paris, France died May 31, 1976, Cannes French biochemist. In 1961 he and ribosome s, where …
Английский словарь Британика
OPERATOR — I. ˈäpəˌrād.ə(r), -ātə- sometimes ˈäˌprā- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Late Latin, worker, from Latin operatus + -or 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPERATOR — noun Date: 1611 1. : one that operates: as a. : one that operates a machine or device b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REPRESSOR — ■ noun Biochemistry a substance which acts on an operon to inhibit enzyme synthesis.
Concise Oxford English vocab
OPERATOR — [op.er.a.tor] n (1611) 1: one that operates: as a: one that operates a machine or device b: one that operates …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-ON — [-on] n suffix [ISV, alter. of -one]: chemical compound not a ketone or other oxo compound "parathion" [2]-on n suffix …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GENE — unit of hereditary information that occupies a fixed position (locus) on a chromosome. Genes achieve their effects by directing the …
Britannica English vocabulary
JACOB, FRANOIS — born June 17, 1920, Nancy, France Franois Jacob, 1965. French biologist who, together with Andr Lwoff and Jacques Monod, was …
Britannica English vocabulary
MONOD, JACQUES LUCIEN — born Feb. 9, 1910, Paris, France died May 31, 1976, Cannes French biochemist. In 1961 he and Francois Jacob proposed …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MONOD, JACQUES — born Feb. 9, 1910, Paris, France died May 31, 1976, Cannes French biochemist. In 1961 he and Francois Jacob proposed …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HEREDITY — Synonyms and related words : Altmann theory, DNA, DNA double helix, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn …
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