See Also: Lac operon(medicine)
Operon(medicine)
ara operon(medicine)
his operon(medicine)
operon(dictionary)
operon(encyclopedia)
lactose operon(medicine)
rrna operon(medicine)

runrig (iou) and operon (iou)


runrig (iou)



runrig noun, adverb, & adjective. Scot. Also rinrig. LME.
[from RUN verb + RIG noun1. Cf. RUNDALE.]
Hist.
A. noun. A land-tenure system in which land was divided into thin strips with a (not necessarily contiguous) number being occupied and cultivated by each of the joint holders (chiefly in in runrig); a strip of land occupied and cultivated under this system. LME.
b. adverb. With Reference to the holding of land: in separate strips cultivated by different occupiers. E16.
C. adjective. Held under or designating this system. M18.
runrigged adjective = RUNRIG adjective L17.

operon (iou)



operon noun. M20.
[French operon, from operer to effect, work: see -ON.]
Biology. A unit of linked genes which is believed to regulate Other genes responsible for protein synthesis, and is usu. conceived as comprising an operator, a promoter, and one or more structural genes.