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op·er·on

 (ŏp′ə-rŏn′)
n.
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.

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operon

(ˈɒpəˌrɒn)
n
(Genetics) genetics a group of adjacent genes in bacteria functioning as a unit, consisting of structural genes and an operator
[C20: from operate]
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op•er•on

(ˈɒp əˌrɒn)

n.
a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
[< French opéron (1960), derivative of opérer to work]
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Noun1.operon - a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene
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
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 information; "DNA is the king of molecules"
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opéron

op·er·on

n. operon, sistema de genes combinados en el cual el gen operador regula los demás genes estructurales.
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Et enfin, nous avons un reseau d'entrepots et de lieux physiques que nous operons nous-memes.
Fosmid clones are large enough to accommodate entire gene clusters and bacterial operons but are still small enough to be manipulated and easily sequenced.
It was interesting to mention that the existence of dual operons regulating biosynthesis of phenazine makes this bacterium more flexibility in modulating the number of phenazine compounds.
cloacae) are highly adept at acquiring resistance genes to all disinfectants, heavy metals, and antibiotics through horizontal gene transfer between different bacteria within the environment; such genes include extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), copper and arsenic resistance systems (the pco and ars operons), and enzymes that hydrolyze cephalosporins (AmpC enzymes) [7,8].
En plus des mesures que nous operons nous-memes, nos clients ont aussi les possibilites de securiser leurs ressources sur Azure par exemple, avec les memes outils et les niveaux de controle qu'ils auraient sur leur propre Datacenter prive, avec evidemment la couche supplementaire de protection garantie contractuellement par le savoir-faire Microsoft.
If the possibility of HGT is excluded in experimental populations, the origin of all adaptive mutations must be through alterations to the ancestral bacterial genome (chromosome and accompanying plasmids) and might range from small-scale sequence changes affecting a single gene to larger rearrangements including deletions or duplications of whole operons or considerable portions of the genome.
One short-cut approach for the identification of the promoters, genes and operons under the direct control of a test transcription factor is to determine the binding sites of the test transcription factor on the genome.
(31) used microarrays to determine the operons derepressed by both Fur mutations and iron starvation, suggesting the presence of various iron uptake pathways.