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partOfOperon definition #277

Closed AlasdairGray closed 4 years ago

AlasdairGray commented 5 years ago

The new property partOfOperon needs a descriptive definition

deniseOme commented 5 years ago

@ljgarcia, how about this definition?

operon: DNA sequence containing a group of genes, which are all transcribed under the control of the same promoter. In addition to the promoter and the genes to be transcribed, operons also contain a sequence called oppressor, where a repressor protein binds to. Operons are mainly found in prokaryotes but there are examples in some eukaryotes such as C. elegans and D. melanogaster.

Do we need a definition for promoter and repressor?

So, partOfOperon is part of a DNA sequence containing...

ens-ap5 commented 5 years ago

To define in a future version.