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Polar Mutations and Operon Function

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What are polar mutations and polarity and what do they reveal about the functioning of operons ?

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ZIPSER, D. Polar Mutations and Operon Function. Nature 221, 21–25 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221021a0

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