operon

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.

Similar words

arabinose lac unc repressible supraoperon suboperon superoperon stoperator polycistron coordinome

Often followed by

is of in and model are by expression that

Word family

operons