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. 1972 May;110(2):761–763. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.2.761-763.1972

Isoleucine Accumulation by Regulatory Mutants of Serratia marcescens: Lack of Both Feedback Inhibition and Repression

Masahiko Kisumi 1, Saburo Komatsubara 1, Masaki Sugiura 1, Ichiro Chibata 1
PMCID: PMC247477  PMID: 4553844

Abstract

Double mutants of Serratia marcescens resistant to isoleucine hydroxamate and α-aminobutyric acid accumulated large amounts of isoleucine in a salts-sugar medium and lacked both feedback inhibition and repression of the isoleucine biosynthesis.

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