The tryptophan operon of E. coli represents an example of a gene regulatory system which is: a repressible system (normally turned on, but can be repressed) a repressible system (normally repressed, but can be turned on) an activator system (normally turned off, but can be activated) an activator system (normally activated, but can be turned off) all of the above

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The tryptophan operon of E. coli represents an example of a gene regulatory system which is:

  1. a repressible system (normally turned on, but can be repressed)
  2. a repressible system (normally repressed, but can be turned on)
  3. an activator system (normally turned off, but can be activated)
  4. an activator system (normally activated, but can be turned off)
  5. all of the above
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