operon

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6

Definition of operon

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.

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Etymology

From operator + -on.

Anagrams of operon

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Hooks

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