operon. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

operon

SYLLABICATION:	op·er·on
PRONUNCIATION:	p-rn
NOUN:	A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and one or more structural genes that are transcribed together.
ETYMOLOGY:	oper(ator) + –on¹.


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