STRUCTURAL GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does structural gene mean? 

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

1. a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRUCTURAL GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("structural 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)

 Context examples 

Mutations in either the structural gene or processing steps may lead to insulin resistance.

(INSR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal and/or pathologic state usually due to mutations in structural genes for enzyme polypeptides, manifesting as metabolic abnormalities.

(Enzyme Deficiency, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

It may be located at various distances and in either orientation upstream from, downstream from or within a structural gene.

(Enhancer, NCI Thesaurus)

The Genomics Shared Resource provides Cancer Center researchers with support in areas of genetic and molecular biological analysis including DNA, RNA isolation, custom genotyping of structural genes, regulatory sequences, and non-coding segments, gene expression assays, library manipulation and construction, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and consultation services related to the above.

(Genomics Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)