Question

What does monocistronic mean?

Answer 1

Monocistronic:

1. Cistrons are segments of genetic material (RNA or DNA) that code for a functional protein.
2. Monocistronic means one cistron in a transcription unit, i.e. it contains only one structural gene, coding for a single polypeptide chain.
3. Each gene contains a separate promoter region, e.g. in most eukaryotic cells.