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Regulation of the lac operon. (A) In the absence of lactose, the lac repressor protein binds to an operator sequence and prevents RNA polymerase from accessing its promoter. (B) When lactose is present, lac repressor dissociates from the DNA, allowing RNA polymerase to bind to its promoter and transcribe the genes necessary for lactose metabolism.
