In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic MESSENGER RNA is under the control of an OPERATOR REGION.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009876
altLabel
Operons
AN
LAC OPERON & RRNA OPERON are also available
AQL
DE ES GE IM PH RE
cui
C0029073
DC
1
definition
In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic MESSENGER RNA is under the control of an OPERATOR REGION.