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Definitions for "Structural gene"
Keywords:  rna, protein, gene, capsid, histone
Related Terms: Histone, Histones, Coding sequence, Coding region, Gyrase, Replisome, Endonuclease, Topoisomerase, Open reading frame, Leader sequence, Intein, Gene expression, Footprinting, Exon, Transcription factors, Sequencing, Fusion protein, Photoreactivation, Transcription factor, Ligase, Ligation, Mrna, Messenger rna, Gene product, Dna, Synthesis, Base sequence, Spliceosome, Restriction endonuclease, Dna ligase, Deoxyribonucleic acid, Introns, Exons, Cistron, Polymerase, Helicase, Intron, Repressor, Consensus sequence, Alternative splicing, Conserved sequence, Restriction enzyme, Primosome, Aptamer, Polycistronic, Splicing, Antisense, Gene, Genetic code
The portion of a gene encoding a functional polypeptide or RNA molecule. DT Structural protein A protein which fulfill a purely structural role (i.e. not enzymatic). This includes phage capsid proteins, some ribosomal proteins, "histone-like" proteins, etc.
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A DNA nucleotide sequence that codes for a protein or specifies an RNA molecule.
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a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide
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