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Definition of Polycistronic
1. Adjective. (genetics) Describing mRNA that encodes for multiple different polypeptides ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polycistronic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Polycistronic
1. Pertaining to mRNA carrying information for the synthesis of more than one protein. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polycistronic
Literary usage of Polycistronic
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)
"A comparison with the estimated lengths of various bacterial opérons suggests
that such a segment probably is a polycistronic operon (11). ..."
2. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1992)
"... littoralis is located within the plastid genome and is transcribed as a single
polycistronic mRNA with the gene for the large subunit of Rubisco, rbcL. ..."
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