Defenition of the word cistron

• Defenition of the word cistron

  • (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
  • (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity

Meronymys for the word cistron

• • chromosome
  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  • desoxyribonucleic acid
  • DNA

Hyponyms for the word cistron

• • allele
  • allelomorph
  • dominant gene
  • genetic marker
  • holandric gene
  • homeotic gene
  • lethal gene
  • linkage group
  • linked genes
  • modifier
  • modifier gene
  • mutant gene
  • nonallele
  • oncogene
  • operator gene
  • polygene
  • proto-oncogene
  • recessive gene
  • regulator gene
  • regulatory gene
  • repressor gene
  • structural gene
  • suppresser
  • suppresser gene
  • suppressor
  • suppressor gene
  • transforming gene
  • transgene
  • X-linked gene
  • Y-linked gene

Hypernyms for the word cistron

• • sequence

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