Suppose an Experimenter Becomes Proficient with a Technique That Allows

question 12

Multiple Choice

Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome.
-If she moves the repressor gene (lac I) , along with its promoter, to a position at some several thousand base pairs away from its normal position, which will you expect to occur?

• A) The repressor will no longer be made.
• B) The repressor will no longer bind to the operator.
• C) The repressor will no longer bind to the inducer.
• D) The lac operon will be expressed continuously.
• E) The lac operon will function normally.

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