Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome. If she moves the operator to the far end of the lac operon (past the terminator sequence), which of the following would likely occur when the cell is exposed to lactose? The inducer will no longer bind to the repressor. The repressor protein will no longer be produced. The genes will be transcribed continuously. The operon will never be transcribed. The repressor will no longer bind to the operator.
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