English Explanatory Dictionary

scripton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A segment of DNA or RNA that is under the control of a single autonomous promotor. A single scripton may encode multiple cistrons involving separate terminators.
  2. An unbroken sequence of textons within a hypertext or other dynamic text as it appears to the reader.

Word forms

scripton scriptons

Etymology

From script + -on.

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