"Operon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic MESSENGER RNA is under the control of an OPERATOR REGION.
| Descriptor ID |
D009876
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.340.024.686 G05.360.340.358.207.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Operon" by people in Profiles.
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The acquisition of rmpADC can increase virulence of classical Klebsiella pneumoniae in the absence of other hypervirulence-associated genes. mBio. 2026 01 14; 17(1):e0312225.
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Heterogeneity of the group B streptococcal type VII secretion system and influence on colonization of the female genital tract. Mol Microbiol. 2023 08; 120(2):258-275.
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Hydroxyurea Induces a Stress Response That Alters DNA Replication and Nucleotide Metabolism in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 2021 07 08; 203(15):e0017121.
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Pseudoscorpion Wolbachia symbionts: diversity and evidence for a new supergroup S. BMC Microbiol. 2020 06 30; 20(1):188.
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Constitutive expression of the cryptic vanGCd operon promotes vancomycin resistance in Clostridioides difficile clinical isolates. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020 04 01; 75(4):859-867.
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Assessing the Contribution of an HtrA Family Serine Protease During Borrelia turicatae Mammalian Infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019; 9:290.
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The 'in vivo lifestyle' of bile acid 7a-dehydroxylating bacteria: comparative genomics, metatranscriptomic, and bile acid metabolomics analysis of a defined microbial community in gnotobiotic mice. Gut Microbes. 2020 05 03; 11(3):381-404.
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The YsrS Paralog DygS Has the Capacity To Activate Expression of the Yersinia enterocolitica Ysa Type III Secretion System. J Bacteriol. 2016 06 15; 198(12):1725-1734.
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Xylan degradation by the human gut Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1A(T) involves two distinct gene clusters that are linked at the transcriptional level. BMC Genomics. 2016 05 04; 17:326.
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Characterisation of worldwide Helicobacter pylori strains reveals genetic conservation and essentiality of serine protease HtrA. Mol Microbiol. 2016 Mar; 99(5):925-44.