monocistronic
Molecular Biol.
adjective
(Especially of messenger RNA) corresponding to a single cistron, coding for a single protein; consisting of or encoded by a single cistron; relating to or involved in the transcription or translation of single cistrons.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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