structural gene

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noun Genetics.

cistron.

Origin of structural gene

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby structural gene

struck measure, structural, structural anthropology, structural formula, structural functionalism, structural gene, structural geology, structural iron, structural isomer, structural isomerism, structural linguistics

Words related to structural gene

cistron

Medical definitions for structural gene

structural gene

n.

A gene that determines the amino acid sequence of a specific protein or peptide.