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An operon is a functioning unit of genomic DNA containing a cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter
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  • A unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together.

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The lac operon is a typical inducible operon.
The inducer in the lac operon is allolactose.
There are three proteins encoded by this operon.
The sequence of the csa operon was analyzed.
Its operon is an example of a prokaryotic silencer.
Regulation is different for each operon.
The operon operates by a negative repressible feedback mechanism.
It is encoded by the lacY gene in the lac operon.
The lactose operon is one example of an inducible system.
An example of this is the kaiBC operon.
An operon is controlled by an operator gene and a repressor gene.
The genes appear to be arranged in an operon.
The operon is under the control of two proteins.
Lactose is an inducer of the lac operon.
The lac operon is regulated as follows.

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All three genes function as a single threonine operon.
Putative acrab operon repressor transcription regulator protein.
It is desirable to remove the region of the ilvGMEDA operon.
The xylanase operon is activated in the presence of xylan.
Transcription of the lac operon is repressed.
Each operon has a different optimum.
Genes in said supplementary copy may be organized in an operon.
Operon regulation can be either negative or positive by induction or repression.
Plasmid constructs containing the entire csa operon.
Molecular characterization of an operon required for pertussis toxin secretion.
These sdh genes are organized in operon.
The lactose operon is expressed.
This example describes expression of the gut operon.
Construction of csa operon encoded fusión proteins is also contemplated.
Systems using a repressor with the operon are preferred.
Purification of csa operon products is discussed more completely below.
Attenuation is a second mechanism of negative feedback in the trp operon.
The pts operon encodes genes of the phosphotransferase system.
It is part of the cob operon.
The lac operon is an example of.
That is the lac operon.
The trp operon is active only when cellular tryptophan is scarce.
This comparison permits to identify operon encoded metabolic pathways.
This gene is a transcriptional regulator of the colanic acid operon.
The operon reporter was employed to achieve a more relaxed selection.
The genes are organized in an operon.
The operon revisited.
The two genes are in an operon.
Archaea contains either a single rDNA operon or multiple copies of the operon.
An example is the xylanase operon.
The glnALG operon is an operon that regulates the nitrogen content of a cell.
Allolactose is an isomer of lactose and is the inducer of the lac operon.
The trp operon.
The regulatory sequences may be those of the lac or trp operon.
The operon must respond to changes in the metabolic state of the cell.

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