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Insertion of lac operon into phage lambda attB site on E. coli chromosome in two orientations with regard to chromosomal replication oriC. The orientation in which the lac operon is transcribed in the same direction as the replication fork movement through the target is designated R, while the L orientation indicates lac transcription in the opposite direction (see arrows at attB). The arrows at oriC represent the two forks initiated at this site.
