Associations to the word «Operon»

Wiktionary

OPERON, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

OPERON, noun. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan