Biology: Operons and gene regulation in bacteria

Looking at how regulatory DNA sequences can repress or promote gene transcription (particularly in bacteria operons).

Biology

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Gene regulation in bacteria

Do you think of bacteria as boring blobs? How about as little calculators? Bacterial gene regulation networks essentially perform logic operations using proteins and DNA. Learn more about how bacterial genes are organized and how their expression is regulated.

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