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BiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceNEET

The wild-type E. coli cells growing in a normal medium with glucose are transferred to a medium containing only lactose as sugar. Which of the following changes takes place?

Answer: (B)

Solution

With glucose no longer available and lactose now present, lactose (as allolactose) binds the repressor protein and inactivates it,

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