Instead of using lactose as the inducer of the lac operon, r…

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Insteаd оf using lаctоse аs the inducer оf the lac operon, researchers use a molecule named IPTG. It has a nearly identical structure to lactose, except that it cannot be broken down by ß-galactosidase. What is the result of gene expression of the operon when IPTG is used?