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MeSH Heading: Genes
Tree Number(s): G05.360.340.024.340
Unique ID: D005796
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005796
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; restorer genes: index GENES, SUPPRESSOR and probably PLANT INFERTILITY; repressor genes = GENES, REGULATOR but also consider REPRESSOR PROTEINS; lac gene = LAC OPERON but consider also LAC FACTORS or LAC REPRESSORS (see note on REPRESSOR PROTEINS); split genes = EXONS or INTRONS
Scope Note: A category of nucleic acid sequences that function as units of heredity and which code for the basic instructions for the development, reproduction, and maintenance of organisms.
Entry Term(s): Cistron; Gene; Genetic Materials
NLM Classification #: QU 470
See Also: Base Sequence; Genome; Genomic Library
Public MeSH Note: 1965; see CHROMOSOMES 1963-1964; for CISTRON see GENES, STRUCTURAL 1980-2005
History Note: 1965; (1963); for CISTRON use GENES, STRUCTURAL 1980-2005
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

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