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

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery