Term: operator gene: a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes
Broader: 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 | Unrelated: gironde: the French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution