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. 1979 Jul;139(1):311–315. doi: 10.1128/jb.139.1.311-315.1979

Isolation and characterization of a mutant ColE1 plasmid that allows constitutive colicin E1 synthesis.

H Ohkubo, K Shimada, Y Takagi
PMCID: PMC216862  PMID: 378956

Abstract

It has been possible to isolate a ColE1 mutant which synthesizes colicin E1 constitutively. This result shows that there must be a gene(s) responsible for the regulation of colicin E1 synthesis.

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