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An environmental agent, which triggers transcription from an operon, is a

1. regulator
2. inducer
3. depressor
4. controlling element

Correct answer: inducer

Solution

An inducer is an environmental molecule that activates transcription of an operon, often by inactivating a repressor. That is why it turns the operon on rather than off.

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