In response to the ligand/metabolite, the regulatory protein binds to the DNA to prevent the transcription of genes stored in an operon. The regulation of this operon could be characterized as __________. Group of answer choices Positive-inducible. Negative-inducible. Constitutive. Negative-repressible. Positive-repressible.
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