structural gene

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effect on blood groups

  • red blood cell
    In blood group: Blood groups and genetic linkage

    …the activity of closely linked structural genes on or off. The operator genes are themselves controlled by regulator genes. The operator genes are responsible for the quantity of Rh antigens, while the structural genes are responsible for their qualitative characteristics.

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gene regulation

  • gene; intron and exon
    In gene: Gene regulation

    Structural genes code for the synthesis of specific polypeptides. Operator genes contain the code necessary to begin the process of transcribing the DNA message of one or more structural genes into mRNA. Thus, structural genes are linked to an operator gene in a functional unit…

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operon system

  • Model of the operon and its relation to the regulator gene.
    In operon

    …consists of a group of structural genes that code for enzymes involved in a metabolic pathway, such as the biosynthesis of an amino acid. These genes are located contiguously on a stretch of DNA and are under the control of one promoter (a short segment of DNA to which the…

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