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New Type of Restriction to the Expression of a Structural Gene in Bacteria

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Penicillinase synthesis in a strain of Staphylococcus aureus provides evidence for a new type of restriction to the expression of structural genes.

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RICHMOND, M. New Type of Restriction to the Expression of a Structural Gene in Bacteria. Nature 216, 1191–1192 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2161191a0

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