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. 1972 May;110(2):616-23.
doi: 10.1128/jb.110.2.616-623.1972.

Physiological factors in the regulation of alkaline phosphatase synthesis in Escherichia coli

Physiological factors in the regulation of alkaline phosphatase synthesis in Escherichia coli

A S Wilkins. J Bacteriol. 1972 May.

Abstract

Alkaline phosphatase is induced in excess phosphate media by starvation either for pyrimidines or for guanine. Induction is observed both during starvation, after a lag period, and following a period of starvation. Induction is not caused by a lowering of the internal orthophosphate pool, but is linked to alterations in the levels of the nucleotide pools. Experiments with purine-requiring mutants suggest that phosphatase is induced in wild-type strains by an adenine nucleotide. Mutations in the phoR gene can produce differential responses to the different starvation regimes.

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