Abstract
A comparison of the specific activity of wild-type β-galactosidase synthesized in a lacZ−/lacZ+ heterogenote has shown that there is 60% more activity in the heterogenote's enzyme than can be accounted for by wild-type subunits alone. It is concluded that wild type β-galactosidase subunits can complement mutant subunits.
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