operon
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is a type of: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic informationhas:
- operator gene - a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes
- regulator gene, regulatory gene - a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
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