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By E.W. Caspari (Ed.)

ISBN-10: 0120176203

ISBN-13: 9780120176205

This quantity in a chain on genetics, emphasizes the variety of genetic experiences. Articles conceal the filamentous fungus neurospora, biogenesis of yeast ribosomes, evolutionary genetics of fish, drosophila transposable parts and the dropophila gene zeste.

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Metabolite Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 87 89 89 93 98 101 101 I. Introduction Efficient microbes, such as Escherichia coli, transform food molecules principally into essential cellular building blocks. These tightly regulated organisms are of little practical use, since excessive synthesis of metabolites is prevented. Other organisms have less efficient regulatory mechanisms for the control of intermediary metabolism (Demain, 1976) and can use cheap growth media to produce an excess of metabolites valuable to man (Perlman, 1977).

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Metabolite Formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 87 89 89 93 98 101 101 I. Introduction Efficient microbes, such as Escherichia coli, transform food molecules principally into essential cellular building blocks. These tightly regulated organisms are of little practical use, since excessive synthesis of metabolites is prevented. Other organisms have less efficient regulatory mechanisms for the control of intermediary metabolism (Demain, 1976) and can use cheap growth media to produce an excess of metabolites valuable to man (Perlman, 1977).

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