STRUCTURAL GENE
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)
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)
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