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Ethionine at concentrations of 10−3M, 5×10−3M and 10−2M inhibits growth, both of β-galactosidase inducible ML-30 and constitutive ML-308Escherichia coli strains. The protein synthesis (measured by the incorporation of l-leucine-14C and l-aspartic-14C acid into proteins) of these strains is inhibited to the same extent as their growth. The synthesis of inducible and constitutive β-galactosidase produced by the strains ML-30 and ML-308, respectively, is considerably inhibited by ethionine.
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Spížek, J., Janeček, J. Effect of ethionine on the synthesis of β-galactosidase inEscherichia coli . Folia Microbiol 12, 140–145 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02896874
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