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Bifurcation of lac operon expression into ON and OFF states after transfer of an induced culture to lower and intermediate levels of the inducer, IPTG. LacI permease molecules are shown inserted in the cytoplasmic membrane. For simplification, the cell wall and the outer membrane are not shown. Dots represent IPTG molecules.
