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English noun: operon

1. operon (body) a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene


Broader (hypernym)deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA


Part holonymoperator gene, regulator gene, regulatory gene









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