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1: Dev Cell. 2008 May;14(5):640-2.Click here to read Links

Together we stand: genes cluster to coordinate regulation.

Amoutzias G, Van de Peer Y.

Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.

Although most eukaryotic genomes lack operons, occasionally clusters of genes are discovered that are related in function. Now, a metabolic operon-like gene cluster has been described in Arabidopsis thaliana, that is needed for triterpene synthesis.

PMID: 18477446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]