Required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia Coli (E. coli).The lactose operon or lac operon consists of three structural genes namely lacZ, lacY, and lacA that encode ...

Interplay of Gene Expression Noise and Ultrasensitive Dynamics Affects Bacterial Operon Organization. PLoS Computational Biology , 2012; 8 (8): e1002672 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002672 Cite This ...

For an E. coli bacterium, 300 is its lucky number. That’s about how many protein molecules it takes to make a life-changing shift in its diet preference, according to new research. But this ...