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Title: What is the significance of the lactose operon? Post by: rkearl27 on Sep 14, 2012 What is the significance of the lactose operon?
Title: What is the significance of the lactose operon? Post by: miew87 on Sep 14, 2012 The lac operon is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia coli and some other enteric bacteria. It consists of three adjacent structural genes, a promoter, a terminator, and an operator. The lac operon is regulated by several factors including the availability of glucose and of lactose. Gene regulation of the lac operon was the first genetic regulatory mechanism to be elucidated and is often used as the canonical example of prokaryotic gene regulation.
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