Biology
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259188121
Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 7TY
The trp operon is considered _____ blank operon because the protein-encoding genes necessary for tryptophan synthesis are not expressed when the level of tryptophan in the cell is high.
- a. an inducible
- b. a positive
- c. a repressive
- d. a negative
- e. both c and d
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