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Operon Evolution

Operon Evolution is a theoretical framework within molecular evolutionary biology that explains the emergence, diversification, and functional adaptation of operons through natural selection, genetic drift, and horizontal gene transfer, distinguishing it from static models of gene regulation by emphasizing historical, phylogenetic, and genomic mechanisms underlying the modular organization of co-regulated genes in prokaryotic genomes.

282

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19.7K

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888

Authors

333

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2017–2026

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282

Selfish Operons: Horizontal Transfer May Drive the Evolution of Gene Clusters

Jeffrey G. Lawrence, John R. Roth · Genetics · 1996 · 692 citations · Full text

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Exploiting rRNA operon copy number to investigate bacterial reproductive strategies

Benjamin R. K. Roller, Steven F. Stoddard, Thomas M. Schmidt · Nature Microbiology · 2016 · 600 citations · Full text

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Genomic evidence for two functionally distinct gene classes

Maria C. Rivera, Ravi Jain, Jonathan E. Moore et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 552 citations · Full text

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Curli Fibers Are Highly Conserved between <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i> with Respect to Operon Structure and Regulation

Ute Römling, Bian Zhao, Mårten Hammar et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 1998 · 462 citations · Full text

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Metabolic Diversification—Independent Assembly of Operon-Like Gene Clusters in Different Plants

Ben Field, Anne Osbourn · Science · 2008 · 425 citations

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Authors

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  1. CY
    Charles Yanofsky

    Stanford University, United States

    9 publications · 553 citations

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  2. HS
    Heinz Saedler

    Max Planck Society, Germany

    7 publications · 577 citations

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  3. PS
    Peter Starlinger

    University of Cologne, Germany

    6 publications · 549 citations

    6

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  4. RF
    Renato Fani

    University of Florence, Italy

    4 publications · 256 citations

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  5. BB
    Botho Bowien

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    3 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

333

  1. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    2.4K citations

  3. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    22 publications

    732 citations

  5. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    6 h-index

    19 publications

    881 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    248 citations

  8. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    924 citations

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Venues

  1. Molecular and General Genetics MGG

    29 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Molecular Biology

    JMB · 22 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 25 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. Gene

    18 publications · 744 citations

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  5. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 10 publications · 619 citations

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