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New Controlling Element in the Lac Operon of E. coli

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The lac promoter maps between the represser i gene and the operator o gene, so that the operator gene is probably transcribed.

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  1. KARIN IPPEN: Harold C. Ernst Research Fellow.

  2. JOHN SCAIFE: On leave from MRC Microbial Genetics Research Unit, London.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

    KARIN IPPEN, JEFFREY H. MILLER, JOHN SCAIFE & JONATHAN BECKWITH

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IPPEN, K., MILLER, J., SCAIFE, J. et al. New Controlling Element in the Lac Operon of E. coli. Nature 217, 825–827 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217825a0

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