| NOUN | body | operon | a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish | operón | |
| Catalan | operó | |
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