In the lac operon system, lactose is considered the ___________, and when the gene lacI is mutated such that the protein it produces cannot bind to lactose (IS mutation), the lac operon is ________. Group of answer choices repressor; never expressed activator; constitutively expressed inducer; never expressed inducer; constitutively expressed structural gene; never expressed

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In the lac operon system, lactose is considered the ___________, and when the gene lacI is mutated such that the protein it produces cannot bind to lactose (IS mutation), the lac operon is ________.

Group of answer choices
repressor; never expressed
activator; constitutively expressed
inducer; never expressed
inducer; constitutively expressed
structural gene; never expressed
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