Associations to the word «Operon»

Wiktionary

OPERON, 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.

Dictionary definition

OPERON, noun. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche