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operon [ˈɒpərɒn] N

operon

operon model N

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In the absence of lactose, the "lac" repressor halts production of the enzymes encoded by the "lac" operon.
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Each subunit pair is located on its own operon.
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Several genes must be "co-transcribed" to define an operon.
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Study of the control of expression of genes in the "lac" operon provided the first example of a transcriptional regulation system.
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Its precise function as part of the lac operon is not understood currently.
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The operon is said to be polycistronic, whereas ordinary genes are said to be monocistronic.
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Its operon is an example of a prokaryotic silencer.
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Operon-like gene clusters are primarily, but not exclusively, formed by horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes.
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The result of this is that the genes contained in the operon are either expressed together or not at all.
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In each case the leader also codes for very short peptide sequence that is rich in the end product amino acid of the operon.
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