 Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (source code)

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= Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside

= IPTG
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<IPTG> is a nonmetabolizable lactose analogue used as an inducer of the <lac operon>. Binding changes <LacI>'s affinity for the <lac operator>; it supplies a way to change repressor availability without assuming that cytoplasmic transport is instantaneous.

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