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6 years ago
Briefly define what is meant by negative and positive control of the lac operon.
 
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In negative control, the repressor protein blocks lac gene transcription in the absence of the inducer. In positive control, the catabolite activator protein complexed with cAMP binds to the CAP site in the lac promoter, facilitating the transcription of lac genes.
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