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Title: Contrast negative (repressor) and positive (CAP) control in the lac operon.
Post by: aschaffer on Feb 12, 2018
Contrast negative (repressor) and positive (CAP) control in the lac operon.
 
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Title: Contrast negative (repressor) and positive (CAP) control in the lac operon.
Post by: SarahSureShot on Feb 12, 2018
Under negative control, transcription of the structural genes is shut down by a repressor protein until inactivated by the inducer (allolactose). Under positive control, transcription of the structural genes is shut down by the inducer (CAP).