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Repressor Operator Bacterial Dna Sequence Nucleotides Start Operon

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Back In bacterial DNA, a sequence of nucleotides near the start of an operon to which an active repressor can attach. The binding of the repressor prevents RNA polymerase from attaching to the promoter and transcribing the genes of the operon.

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