Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | Coding
CDS
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Sequences | BBa_K648028_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
Cro is produced by the pr promoter in the lambda phage system. Normally C1 is repressing the pr promoter. However, when the lytic switch is thrown and RecA cleaves the C1 dimer the pr promoter is unrepressed. This results in the production of cro which in turn represses the prm promoter which halts the transcription of C1 repressor. In our project we used Cro to assemble our lambda system.
Source
Galen Lynch's notebook (Penn State iGEM 2007 member)