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-Housekeeping gene: a gene that is always expressed in all cell types, usually that has some function that is universal to all cells. Housekeeping gene tends to be used in the context of multicellular organisms; "constitutive" tends to be used more for unicellular organisms. +Housekeeping gene: a gene that is always expressed in all cell types, usually that has some function that is universal to all cells. "Housekeeping genetends to be used in the context of multicellular organisms; "constitutive" tends to be used more for unicellular organisms. 
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