As nouns the difference between cistron and operon
is that cistron is sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (eg dna) that encodes one protein while operon is 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.
cistron
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.
Anagrams
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operon
English
Noun
(
en 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.
See also
* regulon
* stimulon
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