Q. Genes that are involved in turning on or off the transcription of a set of structural genes are called
A) redundant genes
B) regulatory genes
C) polymorphic genes
D) operator genes.
Explanation
Operator genes are a region of DNA sequence capable of interacting with a specific repressor molecule and in doing so it affects the activity of other genes downstream from it.
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