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non-permissive (condition)

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The growth condition under which a conditional mutation displays its mutant phenotype.

Alternative Meanings:
  • non-permissive (condition)
    A molecule that is used to indicate the level of something in the cell. The typical case is a transcriptional reporter whereby the gene for an easily assayed protein is placed under the control of a specific promoter. the level of activity of the assayable protein in the cell is therefore an indication of promoter activity.
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