Together we stand: genes cluster to coordinate regulation.
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.
Amoutzias
Grigoris
G
Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium.
Van de Peer
Yves
Y
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
D002843:Chromatin; D014315:Triterpenes