When Is a Message Termed Polycistronic?

Polycistronic mRNA is a mRNA that encodes several proteins and is characteristic of many bacterial and chloroplast mRNAs. Polycistronic mRNAs consist of a leader sequence which precedes the first gene. The gene is followed by an intercistronic region and then another gene.

Are humans Polycistronic?

Among the few examples of human polycistronic genes recognized, the additional cistrons appear to allow for 1) co-expression of multiple subunits of a protein that is part of a complex; 2) co-expression of similarly functioning proteins under slightly different spatial or temporal patterns, 3) or co-production of novel ...

What is the difference between Monocistronic and Polycistronic?

The monocistronic transcription unit contains a structural gene coding for only one polypeptide (mostly in eukaryotic cells), whereas the polycistronic transcription unit contains structural genes coding for more than one polypeptides (mostly in prokaryotic cells).