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Formation of plant metabolic gene clusters within dynamic chromosomal regions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Sept 2011
Field Ben, Fiston-Lavier Anna-Sophie, Kemen Ariane, Geisler Katrin, Quesneville Hadi, Osbourn Anne E
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In bacteria, genes with related functions often are grouped together in operons and are cotranscribed as a single polycistronic mRNA. In eukaryotes, functionally related genes generally are scattered across the genome. Notable exceptions include gene clusters for catabolic pathways in yeast, synthesis of secondary metabolites in filamentous fungi, and the major histocompatibility complex in animals. Until quite...
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