Repressors are trans- acting
Figure 11-9: The recessive nature of I− mutations demonstrates that the repressor is trans- acting. Although no active repressor is synthesized from the I− gene, the wild- type gene provides a functional repressor that binds to both operators in a diploid cell and blocks lac operon expression (in the absence of an inducer).
ANIMATED ART: I− Lac repressor mutations
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