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book Essential Genetics 6th Edition by Daniel Hartl cover

Essential Genetics 6th Edition by Daniel Hartl

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1449686482
book Essential Genetics 6th Edition by Daniel Hartl cover

Essential Genetics 6th Edition by Daniel Hartl

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1449686482
Exercise 9
Temperature-sensitive mutations in the lacI gene of E. coli render the repressor nonfunctional (unable to bind the operator) at 42°C but leave it fully functional at 30°C. In such a mutant, would b -galactosidase be expected to be produced:
(a) In the presence of lactose at 30°C?
(b) In the presence of lactose at 42°C?
(c) In the absence of lactose at 30°C?
(d) In the absence of lactose at 42°C?
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