Biology question help!!!!!!!!!!

Question

When this is taken up by the cell, it binds to the repressor so that the repressor no longer binds to the operator:

a operon

b promoter

c repressor

d corepressor

e inducer

Answer 1

corepressor

Answer 2

E. inducer

Example- Allolactose is an Inducer of lac operon. It binds with the Lac Repressor and prevents its binding to Operator site.

(see attached article for details)

http://www.mun.ca/biochem/courses/3107/T...

P.S.- co-repressor activates the repressor by binding to it and thus prevents transcription of operon.

http://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/holm...