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-	Constitutive: a term describing a pattern of gene expression, wherein the gene is always expressed no matter what. For some genes, constitutive expression is normal. For inducible genes or operons, constitutive is a mutant state.	+	Constitutive: a term describing a pattern of gene expression, wherein the gene is always expressed no matter what. For some genes, constitutive expression is normal (see housekeeping gene). For inducible genes or operons, constitutive is a mutant state.