a) The lux operon is under positive control. Based on this information, does the luxR regulator sequence make a repressor protein or an activator protein? b) How will binding of this complex affect RNA polymerase? Remember this operon is under positive control. c) AHL is a signal molecule that V. fisheri makes to communicate with neighboring bacterial cells. This molecule can diffuse outside of the cell and into another bacterial cell in close proximity. This type of communication between bacterial cells is known as quorum sensing. If bacterial cell density is low how will this affect the lux operon? What will happen if the density is high?
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
a) The lux operon is under positive control. Based on this information, does the luxR regulator sequence make a repressor protein or an activator protein?
b) How will binding of this complex affect RNA polymerase? Remember this operon is under positive control.
c) AHL is a signal molecule that V. fisheri makes to communicate with neighboring bacterial cells. This molecule can diffuse outside of the cell and into another bacterial cell in close proximity. This type of communication between bacterial cells is known as quorum sensing. If bacterial cell density is low how will this affect the lux operon? What will happen if the density is high?
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