{"term":{"id":"03018","title":"induction","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - induction","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.I03018","code":"I03018","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"An increase in the rate of synthesis of an (inducible) enzyme in response to the action of an inducer or environmental conditions. An inducer is often the substrate of the inducible enzyme or a structurally similar substance (gratuitous inducer) that is not metabolized.The experimental elicitation of lytic growth by a prophage from lysogenic bacteria.","links":[{"term":"enzyme","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/E02159"},{"term":"inducer","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/I03017"},{"term":"prophage","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/P04884"}],"sources":["PAC, 1992, 64, 143. 'Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)' on page 157 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac199264010143)"],"seealso":["PAC, 1994, 66, 2587. 'Glossary of bioanalytical nomenclature - Part 1: General terminology, body fluids, enzymology, immunology (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 2593 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac199466122587)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I03018\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I03018\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I03018\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'induction' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.I03018","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-08-01T15:37:55+00:00"}}