Glucose repression: a phenomenon in many different organisms wherein genesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigGene: read Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 for a definition of gene :-) that are normally inducedplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigInducible: a term describing a pattern of gene expression, wherein genes or operons are not expressed until some kind of condition is met, e.g., inducer is present. Not all genes are naturally inducible; some genes are naturally constitutive. by alternate carbon sources (such as lactose or galactose) become mostly uninducibleplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigUninducible: a mutant state wherein normally inducible genes are no longer inducible (and in fact may no longer be expressed at all). when glucose is present.
glossary:gluscose_repression
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