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Operon  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Operons

Note

  • LAC OPERON & RRNA OPERON are also available

Scope note

  • In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic MESSENGER RNA is under the control of an OPERATOR REGION.

History note

  • 72(69)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009876

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