chapter 11

Question 1

Your bone cells, muscle cells, and skin cells look different because

Answer 1

Different genes are active in each kind of cell

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the three ways that RNA may be processed after a gene is transcribed in the nucleus

Answer 2

By the repressor binding to the operator

Question 3

A gene that causes cancer is called a

Answer 3

Oncogene

Question 4

What is the purpose of therapeutic cloning

Answer 4

To produce embryonic stem cells

Question 5

A cell producing and secreting chemicals, such as hormones, that affect gene regulation in other cells is an example of what

Answer 5

Cell signaling

Question 6

Which of the following is not included in RNA processing

Answer 6

Translating a codon into an anticodon

Question 7

A __ is the site where the enzyme RNA polymerase attaches and initiates transcription

Answer 7

Promoter

Question 8

Which organism produces the enzymes to digest lactose

Answer 8

Escherichia coli

Question 9

After a restriction enzyme binds to its restriction site, it cuts the two strands of the DNA by

Answer 9

Breaking chemical bonds at specific points within the sequence

Question 10

How do cells develop differently from one another

Answer 10

Gene regulation