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What defines an operon, and how does lac operon regulation illustrate positive and negative control?

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An operon is a cluster of functionally related genes transcribed as a single mRNA under one promoter with an operator for repressor binding; lac operon demonstrates negative control by LacI and positive control by CAP-cAMP.

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