Together we stand: genes cluster to coordinate regulation.
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]