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lac operon

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lac operon
the lactose operon, a nucleotide sequence in Escherichia coli that controls the synthesis of the enzyme β-galactosidase comprising binding sequence motifs for the cap protein, which activates transcription, the repressor protein, which inhibits transcription, and a region with which RNA polymerase interacts. The first, best studied and best understood model for gene regulation.
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In the first step, the entire indigenous lac operon and adjacent lacI gene were deleted to create a [Lac.
Toxin Gene Expression by Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: the ... by Barer, Michael R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Another product IPTG induces the Lac operon, a commonly used pathway to produce proteins in fermentation systems.
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First, treatment with isopropyl-[Beta]-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) was shown to induce only the lac operon, and to a lesser extent, the melibiose operon (11).
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