Suppose an Experimenter Becomes Proficient with a Technique That Allows

Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome.
-If she moves the promoter for the lac operon to the region between the beta galactosidase (lacZ) gene and the permease (lacY) gene, which of the following would be likely?

A) The three structural genes will be expressed normally.
B) RNA polymerase will no longer transcribe permease.
C) The operon will no longer be inducible.
D) Beta galactosidase will not be produced.
E) The cell will continue to metabolize but more slowly.

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