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. 1975 Dec;124(3):1137–1141. doi: 10.1128/jb.124.3.1137-1141.1975

Operator-constitutive mutants in the threonine operon of Escherichia coli K-12.

I Saint-Girons, D Margarita
PMCID: PMC236018  PMID: 172487

Abstract

Three Escherichia coli K-12 mutant strains resistant to DL-alpha-amino-beta-hydroxyvaleric acid were isolated in which the expression of the thr operon is constitutive. The localization and dominance properties of the mutations involved, called thrO, are those of operator mutations. The gene sequence is OABC as suggested by earlier studies.

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