cI proteins

A form of cI protein — 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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noun
  1. pluralplural of cI protein
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