Abstract
Whether the regulatory protein of an inducible operon for a catabolic pathway is a positive or a negative element in the control of expression is correlated with the frequent or infrequent presence, respectively, of the system's substrate in the natural environment.
Keywords: positive compared to negative control, host-parasite relations, intestinal absorption, evolution
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