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5. In E coli Lac operon gets switched on when:
a) Lactose is present and binds to the repressor
b) Repressor binds to the operator
c) RNA polymerase binds to the operator
d) Lactose is present and binds to the RNA polymerase
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a) Lactose is present and binds to the repressor
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