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Constitutive: a term describing a pattern of geneplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigGene: read Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 for a definition of gene :-) expressionplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigExpression: a term used to describe the idea that the function of a gene is apparent and can be observed. Genes may not always be expressed all the time in all places., wherein the geneplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigGene: read Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 for a definition of gene :-) is always expressedplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigExpression: a term used to describe the idea that the function of a gene is apparent and can be observed. Genes may not always be expressed all the time in all places. no matter what. For some genesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigGene: read Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 for a definition of gene :-), constitutive expressionplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigExpression: a term used to describe the idea that the function of a gene is apparent and can be observed. Genes may not always be expressed all the time in all places. is normal. For inducibleplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigInducible: a term describing a pattern of gene expression, wherein genes or operons are not expressed until some kind of condition is met, e.g., inducer is present. Not all genes are naturally inducible; some genes are naturally constitutive. genesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigGene: read Chapters 02, 03, 04, 05, and 06 for a definition of gene :-) or operonsplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigOperon: two or more genes that are transcribed together on an mRNA from a single promoter. Most commonly seen in bacteria; very rare in eukaryotes., constitutive is a mutantplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMutant: an individual that has a different phenotype than wildtype and likely contains one more mutations that cause this difference. state.