The tac promoter, an artificial promoter made from portions of the frp andlacUV5 promoters, has been introduced into a plasmid. It is a hybrid of thelac and trp (tryptophan) promoters, containing the –35 region of one andthe -10 region of the other. This promoter directs transcription initiationmore efficiently than either the trp or lac promoters. Why?

The lac operon is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in E.coli and many…

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