Usually means: Gene clusters controlled by promoters.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. operons: Merriam-Webster
  2. operons: Collins English Dictionary
  3. operons: Wordnik
  4. operons: Wiktionary
  5. operons: Dictionary.com
  6. Operons: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Operons: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Operons: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. operons: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Operons: Medical dictionary

(Note: See operon as well.)

Definitions from 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.
▸ Also see operon


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