- Gene
- Definition: Region of DNA that controls a discrete hereditary characteristic of an organism, usually corresponding to a single protein or RNA. Alberts:ECB:G8. Genes generally include both transcription units and flanking regulatory regions, but in operons they lack flanking regions, ie, procaryotic genes include flanking regulatory regions when alone, but not when part of an operon. Souther.
Relevant concepts: Cistron
Relevant concepts: DNA-Codon
Relevant concepts: Eucaryotic-Gene
Relevant concepts: DNA-Gene-Coding-Sequence
Relevant concepts: DNA-Coding-Sequence
Relevant concepts: Exon
Relevant concepts: Procaryotic-Gene
Relevant concepts: DNA-Strand
Relevant concepts: Transcription-Unit