What is an operon?

What is an operon?
  1. A group of genes involved in the same metabolic pathway
  2. A group of genes encoding regulatory proteins
  3. A group of genes encoding structural proteins
  4. A group of genes that are not involved in any metabolic pathway

Solution

An operon is a group of genes that work together to perform the same or related metabolic function.

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