Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun operon

1 sense of operon

Sense 1
operon -- (a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene)
       => deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA -- ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules")