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ZoologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceTranscriptionEasy2 minPYQ_2016
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The equivalent of a structural gene is:NEET 2016 (Phase 2)

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Cistron is a segment of DNA coding for a polypeptide. Eukaryotic structural gene is monocistronic whereas prokaryotic structural gene is polycistronic.

Replicon: Unit of DNA that undergoes replication. Muton: Unit of DNA which undergoes mutation. Recon: Unit of DNA which undergoes recombination. Operon is a co-ordinate group of genes such as structural gene, operator gene, promoter gene, regulator gene which function together and regulate a metabolic pathway as a unit, e.g., lac operon, trp operon, ara operon, his operon, val operon etc.

Stream:NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Molecular Basis of InheritanceSubtopic:Transcription
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