Talk:Operator (biology)

Merger proposal
I propose merging this into Operon, since the information is essentially duplicated. T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 04:32, 3 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, frankly that's so clear that we barely need to discuss it (WP:BOLD), but here's your mandate. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:20, 3 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Nevertheless, operon and operator are differents concepts as an operon is composed of an operator, a promoter and the gene. In order to increase the variety and concreteness of Wikipedia, I suggest rewriting the article. 92.58.231.172 (talk) 17:19, 24 May 2017 (UTC)Violeta
 * Support merge. The reasons for the merge have been made; and I also note the absence of any references on Operator (biology). Should the information related to an operator increase then the article can be split but until then I can't see a reason to delay the merge. Klbrain (talk) 07:40, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 20:45, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

More details would help
For the novice, it would help to add more information. Some examples: how are the other operons relevant to this discussion? How is it that the binding of the repressor blocks the expression of genes 6-8? The illustration doesn't make this clear, because the mechanism isn't clear, and the visual doesn't depict how the blocking works: the pictures with and without repression aren't obviously different. It would help to show gene expression, so that the reader can get a sense of how the repression works. Also, the specification of relative gene position is done without explanation of the units (which could be done by linking). Rpgoldman (talk) 14:25, 24 January 2018 (UTC)