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Metabolism > Catabolite Repression
Genetic Phenomena > Gene Expression Regulation > Catabolite Repression
Microbiological Phenomena > Catabolite Repression

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Catabolite Repression  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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). The inactivation or blocking of alternate carbon sources or their genes in favor the preferred carbon source.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J1WN169D-M

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