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Title: Contrast negative (repressor) and positive (CAP) control in the lac operon.Contr
Post by: barry on Jul 16, 2012
Contrast negative (repressor) and positive (CAP) control in the lac operon.


Title: Re: Contrast negative (repressor) and positive (CAP) control in the lac operon.Contr
Post by: bio_man on Jul 16, 2012
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).