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cistron
Overview of noun cistron
The noun cistron has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. gene, cistron, factor -- ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
=> sequence
=> series
=> ordering, order, ordination
=> arrangement
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
=> dominant gene
=> allele, allelomorph
=> genetic marker
=> homeotic gene
=> lethal gene
=> linkage group, linked genes
=> modifier, modifier gene
=> mutant gene
=> nonallele
=> operator gene
=> oncogene, transforming gene
=> polygene
=> proto-oncogene
=> recessive gene
=> regulatory gene, regulator gene
=> repressor gene
=> structural gene
=> suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene
=> X-linked gene
=> Y-linked gene, holandric gene
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
=> sequence
Antonyms of noun cistron
Member Holonyms of noun cistron
Substance Holonyms of noun cistron
Part Holonyms of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
PART OF: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
PART OF: chromosome
Member Meronyms of noun cistron
Substance Meronyms of noun cistron
Part Meronyms of noun cistron
Meronyms of noun cistron
Holonyms of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
PART OF: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
PART OF: chromosome
Attributes of noun cistron
Derived Forms of noun cistron
Domain of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
TOPIC>(noun) genetics#1, genetic science#1
TOPIC>(noun) molecular biology#1
Domain Terms of noun cistron
Familiarity of noun cistron
cistron used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
> sequence
=> gene, cistron, factor
=> string
=> combination
=> combination
=> Fibonacci sequence
=> codon
Meronyms of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Holonyms of noun cistron
1 sense of cistron
Sense 1
gene, cistron, factor
PART OF: deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
PART OF: chromosome
PART OF: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
PART OF: cell
PART OF: organism, being
Grep of noun cistron
cistron
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