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A DNA operator-repressor system.
- Source :
- Scientific American; Jan76, Vol. 234 Issue 1, p64-64, 9p, 10 Diagrams
- Publication Year :
- 1976
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Abstract
- The article focuses on how the DNA operator-repressor system works in a virus. A segment of DNA adjacent to a gene is called an operator while a repressor is a protein that binds to the operator. It controls the expression of the gene. Gene expression and repression is studied in bacteriophage lambda, a virus that infects Escherichia coli.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368733
- Volume :
- 234
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scientific American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 19586091
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0176-64