operon
IPA: oʊpˈɛrʌn
noun
- 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.
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Examples of "operon" in Sentences
- Alpha operon ribosome binding site.
- The operon as a unit of transcription.
- Look up and describe what an operon is.
- Regulation is different for each operon.
- This allows for expression of the operon.
- The threonine operon leader is an RNA element.
- It induces the transcription of the vir operons.
- The gal operon is controlled by CRP cAMP as for the lac operon.
- The first operon to be described was the lac operon in Escherichia coli .
- Archaea contains either a single rDNA operon or multiple copies of the operon.
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