(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.
We have developed a rapid and general technique for purification of a protein encoded by a cistron contained in a recombinant DNA clone.
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We report the discovery of a short ORF embedded within the P3 cistron of the polyprotein but translated in the +2 reading-frame.
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Our results suggest that a nonoverlapping cistron in the beta 2 receptor mRNA 5' leader region is translated and the resulting peptide inhibits receptor translation.
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Members of the Paramyxoviridae family utilize a variety of different strategies to increase coding capacity within their P cistrons.
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The techniques consist of tagging the initiator cistrons at the C-terminus with beta-galactosidase-encoding DNA of Escherichia coli in the correct translational phase.