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. 1976 Dec 30;8(4):317-28.
doi: 10.1007/BF01739257.

Selective disadvantage of non-functional protein synthesis in Escherichia coli

K J Andrews, G D Hegeman

Selective disadvantage of non-functional protein synthesis in Escherichia coli

K J Andrews et al. J Mol Evol. .

Abstract

Comparison of growth rates of isogenic strains that synthesize varying levels of beta-galactosidase during continuous culture on non-inducing medium indicates that synthesis of low levels of non-functional protein has a small but possibly significant effect upon growth rate.

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