noun
cistron
Cistron (noun) means the unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.
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The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.
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Etymology
Coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957, from cis + trans + -on. Named in the context of using a "cis-trans comparison" for identifying " […] whether two mutants, having similar defects, are indeed defective in the same way."
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"cistron" (noun) means the unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.