inducible
Adjective
Meaning
Capable of being induced, caused, or made to take place.
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A variety of systems, such as inducible promoters and specific cell-signaling factors, are available to help express the protein of interest at high levels.
If the lac operator were not present the IPTG would not have an inducible effect.
IL-17 damages body tissue by activating a compound called “inducible nitric oxide.”
This is because we have found, when doing our research, that caffeine metabolism in fast metabolizers is inducible.
Human, inducible pluripotent stem cells can also elucidate new mechanisms for understanding cancer and cell regeneration.
Use of the word promoter When referring to a promoter some authors actually mean promoter + operator ; i.e., the lac promoter is IPTG inducible, meaning that besides the lac promoter, the lac operator is also present.