Get to know Operon better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like dna.
Operon meaning
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.
Synonyms of Operon
Using Operon
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna.
- In the example corpus, operon often appears in combinations such as: trp operon.
Context around Operon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Operon
- In this selection, "operon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, trp, bacterial, maltose, resumes and thus stand out and add context to how "operon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bacterial operon into yeasts and the maltose operon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "operon" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with operon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The operon is said to be polycistronic, whereas ordinary genes are said to be monocistronic. (15 words)
The genetic organisation of the trp operon thus permits tightly regulated and rapid responses to changes in the cell's internal and external tryptophan levels. (25 words)
Key discoveries include the cold-tolerant parent of hybrid lager yeasts, horizontal transfer of a bacterial operon into yeasts, and a budding yeast secondary metabolite gene cluster. (27 words)
The J protein interacts with the maltose outer membrane porin (the product of the lamB gene) of E. coli, citation a porin molecule, which is part of the maltose operon. (30 words)
So high levels of tryptophan prevent tryptophan synthesis through a negative feedback loop and, when the cell's tryptophan levels are reduced, transcription from the trp operon resumes. (28 words)
Key discoveries include the cold-tolerant parent of hybrid lager yeasts, horizontal transfer of a bacterial operon into yeasts, and a budding yeast secondary metabolite gene cluster. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
Key discoveries include the cold-tolerant parent of hybrid lager yeasts, horizontal transfer of a bacterial operon into yeasts, and a budding yeast secondary metabolite gene cluster.
So high levels of tryptophan prevent tryptophan synthesis through a negative feedback loop and, when the cell's tryptophan levels are reduced, transcription from the trp operon resumes.
The genetic organisation of the trp operon thus permits tightly regulated and rapid responses to changes in the cell's internal and external tryptophan levels.
The J protein interacts with the maltose outer membrane porin (the product of the lamB gene) of E. coli, citation a porin molecule, which is part of the maltose operon.
The operon is said to be polycistronic, whereas ordinary genes are said to be monocistronic.
Common combinations with operon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: