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superoperons

superoperons

English

Noun

superoperons

  1. plural of superoperon
    • 2015 July 4, Jiangtao Guo et al., “Horizontal gene transfer in an acid mine drainage microbial community”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, DOI:10.1186/s12864-015-1720-0:
      Moreover, recent research showed that the amount of genetic material that can be moved horizontally may include small gene fragments, entire operons, superoperons that encode complex biochemical pathways, and whole chromosomes [ 54 ].