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trp

1 American  

abbreviation

Military.
  1. troop.


Trp 2 American  

abbreviation

Biochemistry.
  1. tryptophan.


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Figure 16.3 The five genes that are needed to synthesize tryptophan in E. coli are located next to each other in the trp operon.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The trp operon is an example of repressible control because it uses proteins bound to the operator sequence to physically prevent the binding of RNA polymerase.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

In E. coli, the trp operon is on by default, while the lac operon is off.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The lac operon undergoes transcriptional attenuation and therefore is OFF by default, whereas the trp operon is not regulated by any such mechanism and is ON by default.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

On my last business trp to Australia it appeared to be run by Kiwi's.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2012

The 36 topologically equivalent residues of the structural scaffold include highly conserved residues such as Asn, Asp, Trp and Pro.

From Nature Feb. 13, 2013

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