In the process of creating a trp operon mutant,the region for the riboswitch was accidentally deleted.Which of the following would be a likely observation in the transcription assays?

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The riboswitch region is involved in the attenuation mechanism, which controls the expression of the trp operon by regulating premature termination. Without the riboswitch, attenuation would be impaired and the operon would be constitutively expressed. RNA polymerase can still bind to the promoter in the absence of the riboswitch, and termination would not be triggered. The chance of an aptamer binding to the mRNA 5'UTR is not affected by the deletion of the riboswitch region.

In the Process of Creating a Trp Operon Mutant,the Region