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Title: Briefly define what is meant by negative and positive control of the lac operon. Post by: barry on Jul 16, 2012 Briefly define what is meant by negative and positive control of the lac operon.
Title: Re: Briefly define what is meant by negative and positive control of the lac operon. Post by: mguth013 on Jul 17, 2012 negative control of a lac operon refers to the binding of a repressor to the operator in order to prevent transcription of the gene.
on the other hand, positive control refers to the binding of an activator protein, which causes the DNA to bind, leading to transcription |