The promoter of an operon is the site to which RNApolymerase binds to begin transcription. Certain basechanges in the promoter result in a mutant site towhich RNA polymerase cannot bind. Would you expect mutations in the promoter that prevent binding ofRNA polymerase to act in trans on another copy ofthe operon on a plasmid in the cell, or only in cis onthe copy immediately adjacent to the mutated site?
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.
The promoter of an operon is the site to which RNA
polymerase binds to begin transcription. Certain base
changes in the promoter result in a mutant site to
which RNA polymerase cannot bind. Would you expect mutations in the promoter that prevent binding of
RNA polymerase to act in trans on another copy of
the operon on a plasmid in the cell, or only in cis on
the copy immediately adjacent to the mutated site?
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