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regulatory gene vs gene

gene vs regulatory gene

regulatory gene and gene both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
regulatory gene Yes No No No
gene Yes No No No
As nouns, gene is a hypernym of regulatory gene; that is, gene is a word with a broader meaning than regulatory gene:
  • regulatory gene: a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
  • gene: (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
Other hypernyms of regulatory gene include cistron, factor.
regulatory gene (noun) gene (noun)
a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene (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
Difference between regulatory gene and gene

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