When cAMP binds to the Catabolite Activator Protein (CAP), it causes a conformational change on the protein, which results in binding to the CAP-binding site on the DNA and ___________________________ of the lac operon. This conformational change induced by the binding of another molecule is known as a(n) _________________________________.   transcription repression; binding effect translation; distortion effect mutation; interactive effect attenuation; compression effect transcription activation; allosteric effect

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When cAMP binds to the Catabolite Activator Protein (CAP), it causes a conformational change on the protein, which results in binding to the CAP-binding site on the DNA and ___________________________ of the lac operon. This conformational change induced by the binding of another molecule is known as a(n) _________________________________.
 
transcription repression; binding effect
translation; distortion effect
mutation; interactive effect
attenuation; compression effect
transcription activation; allosteric effect
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