J & K CET Medical J & K - CET Medical Solved Paper-2004

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    Operon model for regulation of transcription was proposed by :

    A)  Meselon and Stahl in 1998

    B)  Jacob and Monod in 1961

    C)  Watson and Crick in 1951

    D) None of the above

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Two French scientists Jacob and Monod (1961) proposed an operon model for regulation of gene activity in prokaryotes. Operon is a part of genetic material (or DNA) which acts as a single regulated unit having one or more structural genes, an operator gene, a promotor gene, a regulator gene, a repressor and an inducer or corepressor.


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