The gene that codes for a protein capable of repressing an operon is called the

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The regulator gene codes for a protein that can bind to the operator region and repress the transcription of an operon. The promoter region is where RNA polymerase initiates transcription, and the structural loci are genes that code for proteins involved in a metabolic pathway or other cellular process. None of these options directly code for a repressor protein.

The Gene That Codes for a Protein Capable of Repressing