Here are the corrected sentences:
- The operon contains a promoter and an operator.
- The operator controls whether RNA polymerase can advance along the DNA strand or not.
- The promoter is the region of DNA where RNA polymerase initially binds.
- If the repressor is not bound to the operator, then RNA polymerase can transcribe the structural genes.
- The operon operates differently depending on whether the operon is inducible or repressible.
- If the repressor is bound to the operator, then RNA polymerase cannot transcribe the structural genes.
- Inducers increase expression of the structural genes. This typically occurs in response to the presence of a substrate.
- An operon controls the expression of functionally related genes and consists of a control region and structural genes.
- Repressors decrease expression of the structural genes. This typically occurs in response to an absence of a substrate.