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Q.

What is the likely effect of a mutation in the promoter sequence of the lac operon? 

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a

Lactose will fail to bind to the repressor protein. 

b

The lac operon will operate normally.

c

The lac operon will be unable to initiate transcription. 

d

The structural genes will continue to be transcribed.

answer is B.

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The likely effect of a mutation in the promoter sequence of the lac operon is that ,the RNA polymerase cannot bind to the mutant promoter as a result, the lac operon cannot be expressed.

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