In genetics, an operon is a functioning unit of DNA containing a cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter. The genes are transcribed together... 21 KB (2,544 words) - 00:40, 27 April 2024 |
 | The lactose operon (lac operon) is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in E. coli and many other enteric bacteria. Although... 39 KB (5,136 words) - 08:25, 20 December 2023 |
 | trp operon is a group of genes that are transcribed together, encoding the enzymes that produce the amino acid tryptophan in bacteria. The trp operon was... 21 KB (2,606 words) - 03:19, 19 April 2024 |
The L-arabinose operon, also called the ara or araBAD operon, is an operon required for the breakdown of the five-carbon sugar L-arabinose in Escherichia... 16 KB (1,675 words) - 16:15, 5 March 2024 |
The gal operon is a prokaryotic operon, which encodes enzymes necessary for galactose metabolism. Repression of gene expression for this operon works via... 8 KB (1,087 words) - 01:54, 28 March 2024 |
| Repressor (section lac operon repressor) and the silencer region to come in proximity of each other. The lacZYA operon houses genes encoding proteins needed for lactose breakdown. The lacI gene... 13 KB (1,503 words) - 19:58, 1 January 2024 |
Attenuator (genetics) (section The trp operon) In genetics, attenuation is a regulatory mechanism for some bacterial operons that results in premature termination of transcription. The canonical example... 17 KB (2,242 words) - 14:12, 15 September 2023 |
Transfer gene (redirect from Tra operon) Transfer genes or tra genes (also transfer operons or tra operons), are some genes necessary for non-sexual transfer of genetic material in both gram-positive... 5 KB (596 words) - 23:08, 3 January 2024 |
Inducer (section lac operon) from binding to the operator. RNA polymerase can then begin to transcribe operon genes. By binding to activators. Activators generally bind poorly to activator... 5 KB (636 words) - 18:04, 22 February 2024 |
 | In molecular biology, the ars operon is an operon found in several bacterial taxon. It is required for the detoxification of arsenate, arsenite, and antimonite... 8 KB (814 words) - 05:49, 19 February 2024 |
 | (IPTG), is normally used in molecular biology to induce the lac operon. Inducer Lac operon § Regulation by allolactose Lac repressor allolactose at the U... 3 KB (156 words) - 00:41, 20 July 2023 |
 | The threonine operon leader is an RNA element. Threonine is one of at least 6 amino acid operons are known to be regulated by attenuation. In each a leader... 2 KB (201 words) - 05:26, 10 October 2019 |
 | Ribosomal DNA (redirect from RRNA operon) article is missing information about bacteria/organelle, archaea (rDNA operons — the euk ones are technically polycistronic too); canonical inclusion... 12 KB (1,365 words) - 15:17, 28 February 2024 |
 | dimeric protein that regulates transcription of the 5 genes in the tryptophan operon. When the amino acid tryptophan is plentiful in the cell, it binds to the... 7 KB (759 words) - 00:04, 15 February 2023 |
The nik operon is an operon required for uptake of nickel ions into the cell. It is present in many bacteria, but has been extensively studied in Helicobacter... 6 KB (655 words) - 23:31, 12 April 2020 |
 | The gab operon is responsible for the conversion of γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) to succinate. The gab operon comprises three structural genes – gabD, gabT... 7 KB (805 words) - 13:32, 30 December 2020 |
 | transcription of the operon. The lac operon in the prokaryote E. coli consists of genes that produce enzymes to break down lactose. Its operon is an example... 27 KB (3,338 words) - 04:44, 27 April 2024 |
 | Amino acid synthesis (section ilvEDA operon) of argR, ArgR an aporepressor, and arginine as a corepressor affect the operon of arginine biosynthesis. The degree of repression is determined by the... 31 KB (3,929 words) - 22:03, 28 April 2024 |
The gua operon is responsible for regulating the synthesis of guanosine mono phosphate (GMP), a purine nucleotide, from inosine monophosphate (IMP or inosinate)... 9 KB (1,143 words) - 10:40, 27 December 2023 |
 | pectin. The L-arabinose operon, also known as the araBAD operon, has been the subject of much biomolecular research. The operon directs the catabolism... 5 KB (321 words) - 04:24, 26 October 2023 |
 | The Tryptophan operon leader is an RNA element found at the 5′ of some bacterial tryptophan operons. The leader sequence can form two different structures... 5 KB (544 words) - 11:18, 17 April 2023 |
 | The Histidine operon leader is an RNA element found in the bacterial histidine operon. At least 6 amino acid operons are known to be regulated by attenuation... 3 KB (296 words) - 11:47, 17 April 2023 |
ODB (Operon DataBase) is a database of conserved operons in sequenced genomes. Operon Okuda, Shujiro; Yoshizawa Akiyasu C (Jan 2011). "ODB: a database... 1 KB (52 words) - 07:54, 1 February 2022 |
operon is a series of genes encoding the tRNA for tyrosine in Escherichia coli. It is activated in response to amino acid starvation. The tyrT operon... 1 KB (148 words) - 09:28, 26 December 2019 |
promoter site. In prokaryotes, multiple genes can be transcribed together (operon), and are thus controlled under the same regulatory sequence. In eukaryotes... 17 KB (1,959 words) - 02:34, 31 December 2023 |
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (section The ups operon) operon showed that one of the genes of the operon, saci-1497, encodes an endonuclease III that nicks UV-damaged DNA; and another gene of the operon,... 8 KB (956 words) - 23:39, 30 May 2023 |
 | allolactose, a lactose metabolite that triggers transcription of the lac operon, and it is therefore used to induce protein expression where the gene is... 5 KB (500 words) - 23:52, 2 May 2023 |
 | prokaryotic Operon lac operon trp operon gab operon Gua Operon ara operon gal operon Repressor lac repressor trp repressor eukaryotic both Transcription... 58 KB (6,780 words) - 13:42, 20 April 2024 |
 | The bioluminescence of A. fischeri is caused by transcription of the lux operon, which is induced through population-dependent quorum sensing. The population... 24 KB (2,412 words) - 01:38, 27 December 2023 |
Operators are CREs in prokaryotes and some eukaryotes that exist within operons, where they can bind proteins called repressors to affect transcription... 30 KB (3,472 words) - 02:52, 18 February 2024 |