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PHYSIOLOGY OF THE INHIBITION BY GLUCOSE OF THE INDUCED SYNTHESIS OF THE β-GALACTOSIDE-ENZYME SYSTEM OF <i>ESCHERICHIA COLI</i>

Journal of BacteriologyPublished 1 November 1959Open access
Melvin Cohn, Kengo Horibata
Citations119
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score1.09
SNIP0.85
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TL;DR

The experiments described here are best understood in terms of the hypothesis that induced enzymes are those whose synthesis can be repressed by some derivative of the carbon source and the inducer relieves the repression.

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Agricultural and Biological SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyChemical Engineering