Gene cluster
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Gene cluster
Term coined by Demerec & Hartman (1959) for a group of closely linked genes that code for a series of enzymes for successive steps in a metabolic pathway. If the gene cluster is controlled by an operator the whole unit is called operon.
There is also evidence that vertebrate evolution has involved at least two duplications of the entire genome. Example: both the invertebrate Drosophila and the invertebrate chordate Amphioxus contain a single HOX gene cluster while mice and ...
1-10 2 How transcriptional and epigenetic programmes are played out on an individual mammalian gene cluster during lineage commitment and differentiation Douglas R.
"Comparative Analysis of a Conserved Zinc-Finger Gene Cluster on Human Chromosome 19q and Mouse Chromosome 7," Genomics 33_112-20.
16. Rubin, E.M., and G.S. Barsh. 1996.
A particular subgroup of homeobox genes are the Hox genes, which are found in a special gene cluster, the HOX cluster. Hox genes function in patterning the body axis.
 See also: Trans, Sequence, DNA, Protein, Gene
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