What are housekeeping genes?

The concept of "housekeeping gene" has been used for four decades but remains loosely defined. Housekeeping genes are commonly described as "essential for cellular existence regardless of their specific function in the tissue or organism", and "stably expressed irrespective...

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Main Authors: Chintan J Joshi, Wenfan Ke, Anna Drangowska-Way, Eyleen J O'Rourke, Nathan E Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010295