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Meaning of cI protein | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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A repressor found in λ phage (a bacteriophage that particularly infects the human digestive bacteria, E. coli) which turns off genetic transcription at the phage's L and R promoters, and thus prevents multiple phages from infecting a single host.

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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