title: Together we stand: genes cluster to coordinate regulation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Grigoris
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amoutzias
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Van de Peer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D018554:Avena / Q000235:genetics; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D005810:Multigene Family; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D014315:Triterpenes