As a verb encode
is .
As an adjective polycistronic is
(genetics) describing mrna that encodes for multiple different polypeptides.
encode
English
Verb
(encod)
To convert plain text into code.
(communication) To convert source information into another form.
Antonyms
* decode
Derived terms
* encoder
* encoding
Related terms
* code
* codec
* decode
* re-encode
* transcode
References
* {{reference-book
, last = Berg , first = Jeremy M.
, coauthors = Tymoczko, John; Stryer, Lubert
, title = Biochemistry
, url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=stryer
, accessdate = 5 December 2009
, edition = Fifth eidtion , year = 2002
, publisher = W H Freeman and Company
, id = ISBN 0716730510
, chapter = RNA Synthesis and Splicing
, chapterurl = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=stryer&part=A3946A3947
, quote = The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.
}}
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