In the active state the promoter pTet is on, expressing the lac repressor protein LacI, which binds to pCI/Lac and inhibits the production of TetR, keeping it in the same state. Besides the lac gene, a second gene is arranged downstream of the tet promoter: the gfp gene. We expect to see high fluorescence values for the active state, since both LacI and GFP will be expressed. In the resting state only TetR will be produced, repressing pTet, thus no GFP is expressed resulting in low fluorescence. The active state can be induced by adding the chemical anhydrotetracycline (aTc). aTc is an inhibitor of TetR, which induces the toggle switch to start expressing LacI and GFP. The resting state is induced by the chemical Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG), which is an inhibitor of LacI.