NEETBiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceMCQ+4 / −1
The lac Operon consists of -
- AThree regulatory genes and three structure genes
- BFour regulatory genes only
- CTwo regulatory genes and two structural genes
- DOne regulatory gene and three structural genes
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Correct answer: D
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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