The rise of operon-like gene clusters in plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 447-459

  Boycheva, Svetlana ^a   Daviet, Laurent ^b   Wolfender, Jean Luc ^a   Fitzpatrick, Teresa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Analysis and Perception Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gene clusters; Gene transfer; Operons

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903629366     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.013     Document Type: Review

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