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operon

Summary

operon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (345 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • operon is a type of gene[2].
  • operon's Commons category is recorded as Operons[3].
  • operon comprises open reading frame[4].
  • operon comprises regulatory sequence[5].
  • operon comprises untranslated region[6].
  • operon's different from is recorded as Operon[7].
  • operon's characteristic of is recorded as prokaryotes[8].

Body

Definition and Type

operon is a type of gene[2].

Use and Application

Components include open reading frame[4], regulatory sequence[5], and untranslated region[6].

Why It Matters

operon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (345 views/month).[1] operon has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] operon is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characteristic of → prokaryotes
    Different from → Operon
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548424205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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