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gene cluster

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gene cluster [′jēn ‚kləs·tər]
(genetics)
Any group of two or more closely linked genes that encode for the same or similar products.


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PCR was positive for the presence of mecA, ACME (arginine catabolic mobile element, a signature gene cluster of USA300), and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and negative for the presence of the vanA gene, when primers and sequences previously described were used (2-4).
To make his case for the coelacanth, Noonan sequenced a group of coelacanth genes called the protocadherin gene cluster.
 
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