The equivalent of a structural gene is:
muton
cistron
operon
recon
a cistron is defined as a segment of DNA coding for a polypeptide. The structural gene in a transcription unit is described as either monocistronic (in eukaryotes) or polycistronic (in prokaryotes), equating the functional unit of the structural gene to the cistron.
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