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Development of a system for in vitro synthesis of N-α-acetyl-L-ornithinase of E. coli has made it possible to detect the argR gene product, i.e., the arginine repressor, in cell extracts.
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Urm, E., Yang, H., Zubay, G. et al. In vitro repression of N-α-acetyl-L-ornithinase synthesis in Escherichia coli . Molec. gen. Genet. 121, 1–7 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353688
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