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Regulation of the expression of the histidine operon in Salmonella typhimurium

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A positive factor enhancing the expression of this operon binds at the promoter, but exerts its effect downstream on a DNA region which acts as an attenuator of transcription.

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Kasai, T. Regulation of the expression of the histidine operon in Salmonella typhimurium. Nature 249, 523–527 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249523a0

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