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polycistronic


poly·cis·tron·ic

adj \ˌpä-lē-sis-ˈträ-nik\

Definition of POLYCISTRONIC

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

First Known Use of POLYCISTRONIC

1963

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