OPERATOR GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does operator gene mean? 

• OPERATOR GENE (noun)
  The noun OPERATOR GENE has 1 sense:

1. a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes

  Familiarity information: OPERATOR GENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPERATOR GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("operator gene" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

Holonyms ("operator gene" is a part of...):

operon (a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene)