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Evolutionary Advantage of Control of a Biosynthetic Pathway
Evolutionary Advantage of Control of a Biosynthetic Pathway
- Source :
- Nature; May 1968, Vol. 218 Issue: 5140 p464-465, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 1968
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Abstract
- BECAUSE uncontrolled production of metabolites is rare in nature it has been concluded that the ability to regulate biosynthetic pathways confers an evolutionary advantage on a species. The advantage has been interpreted as arising from a more efficient use of energy which leads to more rapid growth in a competitive environment. The advantage gained by control of a pathway can thus be estimated by comparing the relative growth rates of two strains which are isogenic, except that one lacks control of the pathway.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836 and 14764687
- Volume :
- 218
- Issue :
- 5140
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs25190709
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/218464a0