Definition of Cistrons

1. Noun. (plural of cistron) ¹

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Definition of Cistrons

1. cistron [n] - See also: cistron

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cistrons

cisterna pontis
cisterna superioris
cisterna venae magnae cerebri
cisternae
cisternae subarachnoideales
cisternal
cisternal maturation model
cisternal puncture
cisternography
cisterns
cistic
cistrome
cistromes
cistron
cistronic
cistrons (current term)
cists
cistus
cistuses
cistvaen
cistvaens
cisvestism
ciswoman
ciswomen
cit
citability
citable
citadel
citadels
cital

Literary usage of Cistrons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Experiments on RNA-DNA hybridization (18) have shown that approximately 0.4 percent of the E. coli chromosome contains cistrons coding for rRNA. ..."

2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Although ribosomal cistrons occur in high copy number, the sequence of each repeat within a genome is conserved via unequal crossing over and other DNA ..."

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