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Polarity is caused by the premature termination of protein synthesis which results from an obligatory coupling of transcription and translation.
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IMAMOTO, F., KANO, Y. Inhibition of Transcription of the Tryptophan Operon in Escherichia coli by a Block in Initiation of Translation. Nature New Biology 232, 169–173 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio232169a0
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