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. 1972 Dec;2(6):449–455. doi: 10.1128/aac.2.6.449

Catabolite Repression in Inhibition of β-Galactosidase Synthesis by Escherichia coli in the Presence of Agents Producing Translation Errors

M Artman 1, S Werthamer 1, Phyllis Gelb 1
PMCID: PMC444338  PMID: 4596742

Abstract

Studies were made of the synthesis of β-galactosidase by Escherichia coli in the presence of 5-fluorouracil, streptomycin, and subinhibitory concentrations of chloramphenicol. The preferential inhibition of β-galactosidase synthesis observed in the presence of the above drugs was found to be caused by catabolite repression.

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