Preferred Term:
operon
Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/42601
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