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catabolite repression


System of gene control in some bacterial operons in which glucose is used preferentially and the metabolism of other sugars is repressed in the presence of glucose. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and [..]
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catabolite repression


Process by which micro-organisms adapt quickly to a preferred rapidly-metabolizable intermediate through the Inhibition or Repression of Genes related to CATABOLISM of less preferred source(s).
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catabolite repression


The inactivation or blocking of alternate Carbon sources or their Genes in favor the preferred Carbon source.
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catabolite repression


The inactivation of an inducible bacterial operon in the presence of glucose even though the operon’s inducer is present.
Source: archaeologyinfo.com

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catabolite repression


Repression (inactivation) of certain sugar-metabolizing operons (eg lac) in favour of glucose utilization when glucose is the predominant carbon source in the environment of the cell.
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catabolite repression


The inhibition of gene activity by an efficiently degraded catabolite.
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catabolite repression


The general repression of transcription of genes associated with catabolism that is seen in the presence of glucose.
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