Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions Below

question 76

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome.
-If she moves the operator to the far end of the operon (past the transacetylase gene) , which of the following would likely occur when the cell is exposed to lactose?

• A)The inducer will no longer bind to the repressor.
• B)The repressor will no longer bind to the operator.
• C)The operon will never be transcribed.
• D)The genes will be transcribed continuously.
• E)The repressor protein will no longer be produced.

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