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Molecular Basis Of Inheritance

Question
CBSEENBI12002606

The lac operon consists of 

  • four regulatory genes only

  • one regulatory gene and three structural genes

  • two regulatory genes and two structural genes

  • three regulatory genes and three structural genes

Solution

B.

one regulatory gene and three structural genes

Lac operon is the operon that regulates lactose metabolism in the bacterium Escherichia coli. Its form wast first postulated in 1961 by Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod to explain the control of β- galactosidase synthesis and for this work, they were awarded Nobel Prize. Lac operon system or inducible operon system consists of regulator gene (i) promoter gene (z, y and a), repressor protein and inducer.
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