Maximal production rate of LacZ

Value 100 Molecules/minute Range: approx. Molecules/minute
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Cost–benefit theory and optimal design of gene regulation functions, Tomer Kalisky, Erez Dekel and Uri Alon, Phys. Biol. 4 (2007) 229–245, doi:10.1088/1478-3975/4/4/001
Primary Source Santillan M and Mackey M C 2004 Influence of catabolite repression and inducer exclusion on the bistable behavior of the lac operon Biophys. J. 86 1282–92
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