See Also: Lac operon(medicine)
Operon(medicine)
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rrna operon(medicine)

operon (iou)



operon noun. M20.
[French operon, from operer to effect, work: see -ON.]
Biology. A unit of linked genes which is believed to regulate other genes responsible for protein synthesis, and is usu. conceived as comprising an operator, a promoter, and one or more structural genes.