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Wild type E.coil cell are growing in normal medium with glucose. They are transferred to a medium containing only lactose as the sugar . Which one of the following changes take place

A

The lac operon is repressed

B

All Operons are induced

C

E. coli cells stop dividing

D

The lac–Operon is induced

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D


In the presence of lactose as inducer it binds to repressor and causes gene expression to switch on.
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