- cistronic
- adjective see cistron
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cistronic
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cistronic — See cistron. * * * … Universalium
cistronic — cis·tron·ic … English syllables
cistronic — adjective see cistron … Useful english dictionary
cistron — cistronic, adj. /sis tron/, n. Genetics. a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene. [1955 60; CIS + TR(ANS) + ON1] * * * … Universalium
cistron — noun Etymology: cis + trans + 2 on Date: 1957 a segment of DNA that is equivalent to a gene and that specifies a single functional unit (as a protein or enzyme) • cistronic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Dicistroviridae — Dicistroviruses Virus classification Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Order: Picornavirales Family: Dicistroviridae … Wikipedia
bicistronic — adjective Having or involving two cistrons, loci responsible for generating a protein bicistronic transcription See Also: cistronic, monocistronic, multicistronic, polycistronic … Wiktionary
Cistron — A cistron is a gene.[1] The term cistron is used to emphasize that genes exhibit a specific behavior in a cis trans test; distinct positions (or loci) within a genome are cistronic (i.e., within the same gene) when mutations at the loci exhibit… … Wikipedia
poly — poly·acrylate; poly·acrylic; poly·acrylonitrile; poly·act; poly·actinal; poly·adel·phia; poly·adel·phous; poly·allel; poly·alphabetic; poly·amide; poly·amine; poly·an·dria; poly·an·dric; poly·an·drist; poly·an·dri·um; poly·an·drous; poly·an·dry;… … English syllables
polycistronic — poly·cistronic … English syllables
