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cistron vs oncogene

oncogene vs cistron

cistron and oncogene both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cistron Yes No No No
oncogene Yes No No No
As nouns, oncogene is a hyponym of cistron; that is, oncogene is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cistron:
  • cistron: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
  • oncogene: a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
Other hyponyms of cistron include dominant gene, allele, allelomorph, genetic marker, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, linked genes, modifier, modifier gene, mutant gene, nonallele, operator gene, transforming gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulator gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene, transgene, X-linked gene, holandric gene, Y-linked gene, epistatic gene.
cistron (noun) oncogene (noun)
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
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