The Operators in the Lac Operon Include Two 6-Base-Pair Sequences

question 37

Short Answer

The operators in the lac operon include two 6-base-pair sequences that are palindromes separated by approximately nine residues. What is the significance of that in terms of binding of the repressor protein?

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