| monocistronic | Referring to fully processed mRNA that codes for a single protein. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| monocistronic RNA | <molecular biology> A messenger RNA that gives a single polypeptide chain when translated. All eukaryote mRNAs are monocistronic, but some bacterial mRNAs are polycistronic especially those transcribed from operons. (18 Nov 1997) |