operon
noun
op·er·on
ˈä-pə-ˌrän 
: a group of closely linked genes that produces a single messenger RNA molecule in transcription and that consists of structural genes and regulating elements (such as an operator and promoter)
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operon
noun
op·er·on
ˈäp-ə-ˌrän
: a group of closely linked genes that produces a single messenger RNA molecule in transcription and that consists of structural genes and regulating elements (as an operator and promoter)
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