Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes Problem SetProblem 8: The Oc mutation of the lac operonAn E. coli strain that is lac Z is conjugated with E. coli cells carrying an F' plasmid with the Plac Oc lac Z DNA sequence on the episome. The Oc is a mutation of the lactose operator that is no longer able to bind the lac I gene product which codes for the lac repressor. How would the expression of the lac Z be regulated in the resulting cells that are diploid for the lactose regulatory region and the lac Z gene?
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