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Catabolite Repression
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Definition
: Process by which micro-organisms adapt quickly to a preferred rapidly-metabolizable intermediate through the inhibition or repression of genes related to CATABOLISM of less preferred source(s).
Other names
Repressions, Catabolite; Repressions, Carbon Catabolite; Repression, Catabolite; Repression, Carbon Catabolite; Catabolite Repressions, Carbon; Catabolite Repressions; Catabolite Repression, Carbon; Carbon Catabolite Repressions; Carbon Catabolite Repression