A Similarity Between Regulation of the Lac Operon in Bacteria

question 44

Multiple Choice

A similarity between regulation of the lac operon in bacteria and the regulation of galactose utilization in yeast is that both pathways

• A)transcribe all the genes necessary as one polycistronic mRNA.
• B)use feedback inhibition to stop making their sugars.
• C)use a modified version of their sugars as inducers.
• D)are subject to catabolite repression.
• E)C and D only

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