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An operon is a:...

An operon is a:

A

(a) Protein that suppresses gene expression

B

(b) Protein that accelerates gene expression

C

(c) Cluster of structural genes with related function

D

(d) Gene that switched other genes on or off

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Gene that switched other genes on or off
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