Lac operon
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lac-operon-205-7669582
title:
Lac operon
text:
The lactose operon is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in E. coli and many other enteric bacteria. Although glucose is the preferred carbon source for most enteric bacteria, the lac operon allows for the effective digestion of lactose when glucose is not available through the activity of β-galactosidase. Gene regulation of the lac operon was the first genetic regulatory mechanism to be understood clearly, so it has become a foremost example of prokaryotic gene regul
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Set genes encoding proteins and enzymes for lactose metabolism
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_operon
date created:
2004-03-05T06:06:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T09:59:41Z
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13
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