Assume That a Bacterial Cell Produces a Lac Repressor That

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Essay

Assume that a bacterial cell produces a Lac repressor that is able to bind to the operator sequence of the lac operon but cannot bind allolactose. Explain the effect on transcription of the lac operon is the presence and absence of lactose.

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