Meaning | A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene. |
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Parts | operator gene | A gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes |
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regulatory gene, regulator gene | A gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene |
Broader | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix |
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Spanish | operón |
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Catalan | operó |
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