REGULATION OF NEWLY EVOLVED ENZYMES. I. SELECTION OF A NOVEL LACTASE REGULATED BY LACTOSE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1 Department of Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
2 Department of Cell Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

Thirty-four lactose-utilizing strains of E. coli were selected from a lac Z deletion strain. In 31 of these, the synthesis of the newly evolved lactase is regulated by lactose. The lactase activity in all the strains is indistinguishable from the ebg+ activity identified by Campbell, Lengyel and Langridge (1973).

Submitted on September 21, 1973
Revised on December 6, 1973




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