gene-n
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: gene
sense: 05444328-n
part of speech: noun

cistron-n
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: cistron
sense: 05444328-n
part of speech: noun

factor-n
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: factor
sense: 05444328-n
part of speech: noun

05444328-n
type: LexicalConcept
in scheme: en-word.net
definition:
  value: (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
example: genes were formerly called factors
ili: i65519
lexfile: noun.body
part of speech: noun
domain topic: 06085077-n
domain topic: 06087638-n
hypernym: 08476263-n