cistron
French, noun/sis.tʁɔ̃/
cistron is spelled C-I-S-T-R-O-N (7 letters). Cistron is a French masculine noun meaning “cistron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Région du génome qui ne porte qu’une seule information génétique transcrite en ARN. C'est la plus petite…”.
What does cistron mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecistron
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Région du génome qui ne porte qu’une seule information génétique transcrite en ARN. C'est la plus petite unité fonctionnelle d'un chromosome
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cistron
- cistrons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cistron?
- /sis.tʁɔ̃/
- \sis.tʁɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.