Biochemistry
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Author: Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.
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A partial diploid in E. coli is created so that LacI is no longer expressed from the genome and is instead expressed from a plasmid. When this E. coli strain is grown in the presence of lactose and glucose, we should expect that the lac operon will be:
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Constitutively expressed due to LacI being expressed from a plasmid
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Induced due to functional Catabolite Activator Protein (CAP)
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Repressed due to functional LacI
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Induced due to non-functional LacI
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Expressed at low levels due to non-functional Catabolite Activator Protein (CAP)
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