Match the correct term with the statement.
-a protein that interacts with the operator gene to prevent mRNA synthesis

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The term that matches the statement is "repressor." A repressor protein binds to the operator gene and prevents RNA polymerase from transcribing the genes in the operon. The operon is a functional unit of genes that are regulated together, the operator is the DNA sequence to which the repressor protein binds, and the promoter is the DNA sequence to which RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription.

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