CAP and RNA polymerase bind next to each otherThe control region of the lac operon. The base sequence and the genetic boundaries of the control region of the lac operon, with partial sequences for the structural genes.
[Data from R. C. Dickson, J. Abelson, W. M. Barnes, and W. S. Reznikoff, “Genetic Regulation: The Lac Control Region,” Science 187, 1975, 27.]