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cistron
noun
(cis-tron)
a segment of DNA that is equivalent to a gene and that specifies a single functional unit (such as a protein or enzyme)
Words Related to
cistron
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ribosomal
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regulatory gene
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operon
,
gene
,
mrna
,
transfer rna
,
base pair
,
exon
,
junk dna
,
trna
,
rna
,
noncoding
,
codon
,
messenger rna
,
lethal gene
,
plasmid
,
polyribosome
,
dna
,
subunit
,
homeobox
,
complementary dna
,
homoplasmy
,
capsomere
,
anticodon
,
restriction enzyme
,
transcriptional
,
homeobox gene
,
deoxyribonucleic
,
polymerase
,
allelomorph
,
genetic code
,
intron
,
polygene
,
endonuclease
,
transcriptase
,
ribozyme
,
transgene
,
deoxyribonucleic acid
,
nucleotide
,
repressor
,
locus
,
mutation
,
polynucleotide
,
exopeptidase
,
protein
,
nuclease
,
kinase
,
holoenzyme
,
zygotene
,
methylase
,
nonallele
,
nerve growth factor
,
ribonucleic acid
,
protein molecule
,
bacteriophagic
,
nucleosome
,
oligonucleotide
,
polypeptide
,
prophage
,
deoxyribonucleotide
,
bacteriophage
,
ligase
,
point mutation
,
phage
,
hypomorph
,
exonuclease
,
capsid
,
transposase
,
genome
,
chromoprotein
,
sequence
,
globin
,
lysogen
,
nucleoprotein
,
helicase
,
metaprotein
,
integrase
,
kinetoplast
,
diplont
,
oncogene
,
topoisomerase
,
recombinant
,
telomerase
,
chromomere
,
allele
,
chromatin
,
chromosome
,
histone
,
ribonucleoprotein
,
cdna
,
chemotaxonomy
,
guanase
,
nucleocapsid
,
bunyavirus
,
protease
,
isoform
,
proteinic
,
amphidiploid
,
antisense
,
heterochromosome
,
cistron
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