Any gene whose final product is a protein or RNA molecule which is not a regulator of gene expression; contrasted with regulator gene, regulatory gene.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of Molecular Biology. After French gène de structure.
Definition of structural gene in US English:
structural gene
noun
Any gene whose final product is a protein or RNA molecule which is not a regulator of gene expression; contrasted with regulator gene, regulatory gene.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of Molecular Biology. After French gène de structure.