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[sis-tron] /ˈsɪs trɒn/
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noun, Genetics.
1.
a segment of DNA that encodes for the formation of a specific polypeptide chain; a structural gene.
Origin of cistron
1955-1960
First recorded in 1955-60; cis- + tr(ans)- + -on1
Related forms
cistronic, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for cistron

cistron

/ˈsɪstrən/
noun
1.
(genetics) the section of a chromosome that encodes a single polypeptide chain
Word Origin
C20: from cis-trans; see cis-trans test
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cistron in Medicine

cistron cis·tron (sĭs'trŏn')
n.
The smallest functional unit of heredity; a length of chromosomal DNA associated with a single biochemical function and essentially equivalent to a gene.

cis·tron'ic adj.
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cistron in Science
cistron
  (sĭs'trŏn')   
A section of DNA that contains the genetic code for a single polypeptide and functions as a hereditary unit.
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