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barry barry
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11 years ago
Microbial genomics is a rapidly growing field. Of great interest to geneticists is the search for new operons as new microbial genome sequences become available. What kind of "signature" or identifying feature would you look for as you searched new genomes for candidate operons?
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11 years ago
Operons are sets of genes under common regulatory control, with promoter and operator regions situated adjacent to structural gene regions. Those regions that are conserved (i.e., occur with similar structure) across multiple genomes are good candidate operons for research and can often be identified via computer-based searches.
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