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Dna vs Cistron - What's the difference?

dna | cistron |

As nouns the difference between dna and cistron

is that dna is gout while cistron is sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (eg dna) that encodes one protein.

dna

English

(wikipedia DNA)

Initialism

(Initialism) (head)
  • .
  • Did Not Answer.
  • Did Not Arrive (used when someone fails to keep an appointment).
  • Did Not Attend.
  • Do Not Assume.
  • Drugs 'n' alcohol.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) A biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acids (a type of nucleic acid) that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
  • (informal) That part of a person's character that has a genetic origin

    • Derived terms

    * junk DNA * mitochondrial DNA * chloroplast DNA * DNA test * dsDNA * gDNA * mtDNA * nDNA * rDNA * ssDNA * dsDNA

    Related terms

    * RNA * XNA * PNA * TNA * GNA

    Anagrams

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    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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