GENETIC ANALYSIS: AN INTEG. APP. W/MAS
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Chapter 14, Problem 3P
Why is it essential that bacterial cells be able to regulate the expression of their genes? What are the energetic and evolutionary advantages of regulated gene expression? Is the expression of all bacterial genes subject to regulated expression? Compare and contrast the difference between regulated gene expression and constitutive gene expression.
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GENETIC ANALYSIS: AN INTEG. APP. W/MAS
Ch. 14 - 12.1 Bacterial genomes frequently contain groups...Ch. 14 - Transcriptional regulation of operon gene...Ch. 14 - Why is it essential that bacterial cells be able...Ch. 14 - Identify similarities and differences between an...Ch. 14 - The transcription of -galactosidase and permease...Ch. 14 - 12.6 Is attenuation the product of an allosteric...Ch. 14 - The trpL region contains four repeated DNA...Ch. 14 - The CAP binding site in the lac promoter is the...Ch. 14 - What role does cAMP play in transcription of lac...Ch. 14 - How would a cap- mutation that produces an...
Ch. 14 - Explain the circumstances under which attenuation...Ch. 14 - Consider the transcription of genes of the...Ch. 14 - Describe the lytic and lysogenic life cycles of ...Ch. 14 - 12.14 Define antisense RNA, and describe how it...Ch. 14 - 12.15 Attenuation of trp operon transcription is...Ch. 14 - 12.16 In the lac operon, what are the likely...Ch. 14 - Identify which of the following lac operon haploid...Ch. 14 - Prob. 18PCh. 14 - 12.19 List possible genotypes for lac operon...Ch. 14 - Suppose each of the genotypes you listed in parts...Ch. 14 - 12.21 Four independent mutants (mutants A to D)...Ch. 14 - Suppose the lac operon partial diploid...Ch. 14 - Prob. 23PCh. 14 - 12.24 A repressible operon system, like the trp...Ch. 14 - 12.25 What is the likely effect of each of the...Ch. 14 - 12.26 Suppose that base substitution mutations...Ch. 14 - 12.27 Two different mutations affect. Mutant...Ch. 14 - How would mutations that inactivate each of the...Ch. 14 - The bacterial insertion sequence IS 10 uses...Ch. 14 - 12.34 Northern blot analysis is performed on...Ch. 14 - 12.37 The electrophoresis gel shown in part (a) is...Ch. 14 - Prob. 32PCh. 14 - The following hypothetical genotypes have genes A,...Ch. 14 - For an E. coli strain with the lac operongenotype...
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- Choose the statement that correctly characterizes regulated and/or constitutive gene expression. Regulated expression refers to gene expression that is either on or off, depending on the physiological or metabolic status of the cell. Constitutive expression refers to gene expression that is either on or off, depending on the physiological or metabolic status of the cell. Constitutive expression refers to gene expression that is always repressed in response to the absence of required nutrients or other metabolic molecules. Regulated expression refers to gene expression that is always on, regardless of the metabolic or physiological conditions in the cell. Regulated and constitutive expression are terms used to describe gene expression in prokaryotes only.arrow_forwardWhich of the following is not a general description of the gene expression regulation mechanisms that operate in eukaryotic organisms? transcriptional-level control processing-level control translational level-control replication-level controlsarrow_forwardList the following steps of gene expression in eukaryotes in chronological order. Also indicate which events take place in the nucleus and which take place in the cytoplasm. RNA processing, transcription, translation, RNA breakdown into nucleotidesarrow_forward
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