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. 1982 Feb;149(2):793–797. doi: 10.1128/jb.149.2.793-797.1982

Oversynthesis of elongation factors G and Tu in Escherichia coli.

J M Zengel, L Lindahl
PMCID: PMC216577  PMID: 7035439

Abstract

We induced the oversynthesis of elongation factors Tu and G by using multicopy plasmids carrying the structural genes for these proteins under the control of the lac operator-promoter. We found no evidence that accumulation of excess elongation factor Tu or G affects the expression of genes for ribosomal proteins or elongation factors.

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