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aero

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on: Jun 29, 2013
The role of a metabolite that controls a repressible operon is to
A) bind to the promoter region and decrease the affinity of RNA polymerase for the promoter.
B) bind to the operator region and block the attachment of RNA polymerase to the promoter.
C) increase the production of inactive repressor proteins.
D) bind to the repressor protein and inactivate it.
E) bind to the repressor protein and activate it.


Hawke

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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2013
I'd go with E. It makes sense.


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aero

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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2013
Perfect!! It was right lol


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