ara Operon
Robert B. Helling,
Robert B. Helling
University of Michigan, Department of Biology, Ann Arbor, MI
Search for more papers by this authorRobert B. Helling,
Robert B. Helling
University of Michigan, Department of Biology, Ann Arbor, MI
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 October 2002
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Bibliography
“ara Operon” in Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, Vol. 1, pp. 187–190, by Robert B. Helling, University of Michigan, Department of Biology, Ann Arbor, Michigan; “ara Operon” in Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology (online), posting date: January 15, 2002, by Robert B. Helling, University of Michigan, Department of Biology, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Suggestions for Further Reading
- J. Beckwith (1987) The operon: an historical account. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Cellular and Molecular Biology ( F.C. Neidhardt, J.L. Ingraham, K.B. Low, B. Magasanik, M. Schaechter, and H.E. Umbarger, ed.), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, pp. 1439–1443. (Describes the difficulty in achieving acceptance of the model of positive control.)
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- R. Schleif (2000) Regulation of the L-arabinose operon of Escherichia coli. Trends in Genetics 16, 559–565. (Recent review of control of transcription of the ara genes focusing on the AraC protein and its structural changes.)
