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Definition of Cistron
1. Noun. (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. "Genes were formerly called factors"
Specialized synonyms: Dominant Gene, Allele, Allelomorph, Genetic Marker, Homeotic Gene, Lethal Gene, Linkage Group, Linked Genes, Modifier, Modifier Gene, Mutant Gene, Nonallele, Operator Gene, Oncogene, Transforming Gene, Polygene, Proto-oncogene, Recessive Gene, Regulator Gene, Regulatory Gene, Repressor Gene, Structural Gene, Suppresser, Suppresser Gene, Suppressor, Suppressor Gene, Transgene, X-linked Gene, Holandric Gene, Y-linked Gene
Group relationships: Chromosome, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, Desoxyribonucleic Acid, Dna
Category relationships: Genetic Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology
Generic synonyms: Sequence
Derivative terms: Genetic, Genetical, Genetical, Genic
Definition of Cistron
1. Noun. Sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cistron
1. a segment of DNA [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cistron
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Literary usage of Cistron
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1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"This cistron is tandemly repeated several hundred to several thousand times in
... Within the cistron, ribosomal genes and spacers show markedly different ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... in another cistron (63). The parent virus and the first of the ts mutants (ts-1)
were compared for in vivo growth properties in 3-week-old hamsters. ..."
3. Viral Resistance in Plants/Viral Coat Proteins: Bibliography-January 91-July 96 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"P62 Evidence for sense RNA-mediated protection to PVY(N) in tobacco plants
transformed with the viral coat protein cistron. Vlugt, RAA vd; Ruiter, RK; ..."
4. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"... cDNAs corresponding to the plum pox virus (PPV) cistron 2 encoding helper
component (НС-Pro) and with the first two and half cistrons of the PPV genome. ..."
5. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing And Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"... others use the classical definitions of cistron and genetic complementation."
• Evolving scientific understandings may drive changes in terminology. ..."
6. Biotechnology in a Global Economy by DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"... agreements with several small firms, including American Bionetics, Applied
Bio- Technology, BioTechnology General Corp., Cellular Products, cistron, ..."
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