Where is the trp repressor gene located?

a. just upstream of the trp operon
b. on a region of the chromosome distant from the trp operon
c. adjacent to the lac repressor gene
d. just downstream of the trp operon
e. directly adjacent to the promoter region of the trp operon


ANSWER: b

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