IPTG induction in non E.coli strains

[Kyle Legate]

newsnet customer wrote:
>> The operator overlaps with the promoter ....  that's how the
>> repressor prevents RNAP from binding the promoter.  But don't let
>> facts come in the way of your ignorance.
> 
> No. The lacI repressor overlaps the promoter when bound to the operator 
> thereby preventing RNAP from binding.
> 
> ST
> 
Oh my, I created a monster! Thanks for the entertainment, but the NCBI 
nucleotide database considers the operator part of the promoter.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nucleotide&val=146580