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. 1980 Jul;143(1):513–515. doi: 10.1128/jb.143.1.513-515.1980

Regulation of aspartokinase III synthesis in Escherichia coli: isolation of mutants containing lysC-lac fusions.

F Richaud, N H Phuc, M Cassan, J C Patte
PMCID: PMC294279  PMID: 6249791

Abstract

Mutants containing fusions of the lac gene to the lysC gene were isolated. In these, the expression of beta-galactosidase was regulated by lysine (and arginine), as previously described for aspartokinase III.

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