operon

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004597",
  "term": "operon",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic messenger RNA is under the control of an operator region.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "genes",
    "regulon",
    "repressor proteins",
    "operator regions"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "operón"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/operon/"
}