2.4.2 Gene Organization and Expression Flashcards
What are the characteristics of bacterial chromosomes and plasmids?
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Why are bacterial genome structures considered to be heterogeneous?
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What is horizontal gene transfer?
Acquiring DNA from environment
Describe the characteristics of pathogenecity islands.
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Describe the process of replication for a bacterial chromosome.
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Describe the replication of plasmids.
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Describe the organization of Genes in bacteria.
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What are the two types of regulators in bacterial gene regulation?
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Describe the negative regulation of anabolic and catabolic operons.
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What occurs to the lac operon in the presence of lactose?
An inducer molecule binds to the repressor protein
Repressor can no longer bind to operator
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Describe the negative regulation of the lac operon.
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Describe the positive regulation of the lac operon by cAMP
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Describe the activity of the lac operon at various concentrations of glucose and lactose.
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Describe the Trp operon as an example of attenuation.
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Describe the role of tRNA in the Trp operon.
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