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. 1976 Mar;125(3):1013–1017. doi: 10.1128/jb.125.3.1013-1017.1976

Discontinuous synthesis of lac messenger ribonucleic acid in a mutant of Escherichia coli with a new lac promoter.

J Bruenn, W Kane
PMCID: PMC236178  PMID: 767318

Abstract

A mutant of Escherichia coli with a new promoter for the lac operon exhibits dramatic discontinuities in the synthesis of lac messenger ribonucleic acid after induction. These discontinuities immediately precede similar discontinuities in the synthesis of beta-galactosidase. The discontinuous synthesis of beta-galactosidase persists after addition of rifampin.

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