ALL meanings of cistron
cis·tron
C c - noun cistron the section of a chromosome that encodes a single polypeptide chain 3
- noun cistron the smallest sequence of DNA needed to direct the synthesis of a functional polypeptide; a gene 3
- noun cistron a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene. 1
- noun cistron A section of a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific polypeptide in protein synthesis. 1
- noun cistron Sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene, a cistron is the unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein. 0