Chapter 14, Problem 6EQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The experiment that can be carried out to show that the operator site should be physically adjacent to the genes it influences. Also, the results that are expected from such an experiment.

Introduction:

The operon is a system in which the genes related to a single pathway are present adjacent to each other. In an operon, the genes, the operator site, and the promoter site are present close to each other. The switching on and off of the operon is regulated by the product of a regulatory gene, which may or may not be present close to the genes of an operon.