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Molecular Biology of the Gene 7th Edition by Richard Losick, James Watson, Michael Levine, Tamara Baker, Alexander Gann

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Molecular Biology of the Gene 7th Edition by Richard Losick, James Watson, Michael Levine, Tamara Baker, Alexander Gann

Edition 7ISBN: 9780321762436
Exercise 5
The loss of repression for the E. coli lac operon requires ?-galactosidase (encoded by lacZ ).
A. Explain the role of ?-galactosidase in the loss of repression of the lac operon.
B. In the absence of glucose and the lac operon in the repressed state, predict how b-galactosidase is present to carry out the necessary function to end repression of the lac operon.
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The lac operon is a cluster of genes tha...

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