Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Attenuation is a kind of regulatory mechanism. It involves the interaction between the transcriptional and translational machinery. This interaction specifically occurs in RNA polymerase and ribosomes. In the cell, this mechanism senses the specific amino acid levels or other metabolites. Thus, it is found to be limited in regulating anabolic operons for the biosynthesis of amino acids and other metabolites.

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