Question
The genes in the lac operon will be expressed if the following two conditions are met:
____
Answer
The genes in the lac operon will be expressed if the following two conditions are met:
Lactose is available
Glucose is low
When lactose is available, the inducer (allolactose) binds to the repressor and the repressor detaches from the DNA:
When glucose is low, the activator, catabolite activator protein (CAP), binds to the DNA:
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This amino acid is ____.
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