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operon

noun

Etymology

From operator + -on.

  1. borrowed from operātor
  2. formed as operon — “operator + -on”

Definitions

  1. A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for operon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA