polycistronic

adjective poly·cis·tron·ic \ˌpä-lē-sis-ˈträ-nik\

Definition of POLYCISTRONIC

: containing the genetic information of a number of cistrons <polycistronic messenger RNA>

1963

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adjective poly·cis·tron·ic \ˌpäl-i-sis-ˈträn-ik\

: containing the genetic information of a number of cistrons <polycistronic messenger RNA>

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