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[wanda93]

Hello
I have a kind of dumb, general question..

I have a question about the time length it takes for
a gene to be expressed.
How long does it usually take for a gene to
be induced as a response to the environmental
inducer?
How fast does this activation is reflected
to the growth rate of the organism?

Thanks!

[green]

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How long does it usually take for a gene to be induced as a response to the environmental
inducer?

In which system did you mean? in vitro or vivo? If it's in vitro, it could take anywhere from seconds to hours for a gene to be induced by stimuli.

I'm not sure about in vivo situation.

G

[Shubenok]

Only overall elongation time is 30-50 sec for a small protein (so, expression time - few minutes). Overall time depends on type/nature of induction.