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Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression

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Bacteria in Nature

Part of the book series: Bacteria in Nature ((BANA,volume 3))

Abstract

The total properties of any bacterium result from an interplay between its genome and its environment. The bacterium Escherichia coli carries approximately 3000 genes, but this total repertoire describes its potential properties and, in reality, only a small subset of this genetic information is expressed at any given moment. A primary influence of the environment is the determination of what subset is expressed. It presents the cell with the signals that ultimately lead to gene regulation—the turning on or off of gene expression.

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    Jeanne S. Poindexter

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    Edward R. Leadbetter

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Reznikoff, W.S. (1989). Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression. In: Poindexter, J.S., Leadbetter, E.R. (eds) Bacteria in Nature. Bacteria in Nature, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0803-4_6

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