Biochemistry (Looseleaf)
Biochemistry (Looseleaf)
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ISBN: 9781319114800
Author: BERG
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 32, Problem 4P
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The two important ways in which the lac repressor and pur repressor differences can be determined.

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E. Coli contains of lac operon, which is involved in lactose metabolism. It can be expressed in the presence of lactose and absence of glucose. The two regulators of lac operons are the lac repressor and the CAP. The function of these two regulators is to turn ‘on’ and ‘off’ the operon in response to glucose and lactose.

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