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Concept: Gene

Superconcept: DNA-Coding-Sequence

Subconcept: Procaryotic-Gene

Subconcept: Eucaryotic-Gene


Component Semantics:

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