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Controlling gene expression is often accomplished by controlling ______ _______

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transcription initation

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_______ ________ bind to DNA, modulate binding of RNA polymerase to promoter

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regulatory proteins

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___________ organisms regulate gene expression in response to their environment

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prokaryotic

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________ cells regulate gene expression to maintain a constant internal environment in the organism

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eukaryotic

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What type of regulation is this
- chromatin remodeling to make genes accessible for transcription
-regulatory events at a gene’s promoter and regulatory sequences

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transcriptional regulation

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What type of transcription is this
- variations in pre-mRNA processing
-removal of making proteins
-variations in rate of mRNA breakdown
-RNA interference

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posttranscriptional regulation

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What type of regulation is this
- variations in rate of initiation of protein synthesis

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translational regulation

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What type of regulation is this
- variations in rate of protein processing
-removal of making segments
-variations in rate of protein breakdown

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posttranslational regulation

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What type of regulation determines which genes are transcribed?

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transcriptional

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What type of regulation determines types and availability of mRNAs to ribosomes?

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posttranscriptional

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What type of regulation determines the rate at which proteins are made?

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translational

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What type of regulation determines the availability of finished proteins?

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posttranslational

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Gene expression is often controlled by _____ _____ binding to specific DNA sequences

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regulatory proteins

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______ ______ gain access to the bases of DNA at the major groove

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regulatory proteins

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Regulatory proteins possess ____-_____ motifs

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DNA-binding

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What are the two things regulatory proteins can do?

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  1. block transcription by preventing RNA polymerase to bind
  2. stimulate transcription by facilitating RNA polymerase binding to promoter
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Within the ____ groove, nucleotides’ hydrogen bond donors and acceptors are accessible

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major

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T or F: The unique pattern of accessibility for each base pair combination enables proteins to read the sequence without unwinding DNA

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True

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What are the regions of regulatory proteins that bind to DNA called?

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DNA-binding motifs

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What is the two a-helical segments linked by a nonhelical segment called?

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Helix-turn-helix motif

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What is a special class of helix-turn-helix and is critical in eukaryotic development?

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Homeodomain

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What type of motif uses zinc atoms to coordinate DNA binding?

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Zinc finger

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What type of motif has one subunit that interacts with a similar region on another subunit forming a zipper-like connection

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Leucine zipper motif

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(prokaryotic regulation) ______ _____ can be positively or negatively controlled

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transcription initiation`

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What type of control increases freqeuncy?
positive
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In positive control _______ enhance binding of RNA polymerase to promoter?
activators
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What type of control decreases frequency?
negative control
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In negative control ____ bind to regulatory sites on DNA called operators that prevent or decrease initiation frequency
repressors
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_____ molecules can act on both repressors and activators
effector
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______ cells often respond to their environment by changes in gene expression
prokaryotic
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genes involved in the same metabolic pathway are organized in ______
operons
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In _______ enzymes for a certain pathway are produced in response to a substrate
induction
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______ is capable of making an enzyme by does not
repression
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____ ______ encodes proteins necessary for the use of lactose as an energy source
lac operon
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What are the three genes in the lac operon?
LacZ, lacY, lacA
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What gene is linked to the rest of the lac operon?
the lac repressor (lacl)
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The promoter for the gene, the gene repressor protein, CAP-binding site, the promoter for the operon, and the operator are all in the _____ region
regulatory
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if lactose is absent the lac operon is _____
repressed
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if lactose is absent the lac operon is ______
induced
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What is the mechanisms for the preferential use of glucose in the presence of other sugars?
glucose repression
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What is the catabolic activator protein (CAP)?
an allosteric protein with cAMP as effector
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The presence of glucose inhibits the transport of lactose into the cell which is ____ exclusion
inducer
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If glucose is low the inducer is present so _____ activated
Promoter
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If glucose is high, the inducer is ____
absent
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____ operon encodes genes for the biosynthesis of tryptophan
trp
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T or F: the trp operon is not expressed when the cell contains sufficient amounts of tryptophan
True
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The trp repressor is a helix-turn- helix protein that binds to the operator site located _____ to the trp promoter
adjacent
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The trp operon is ____ regulated by the trp repressor
negatively
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When trytophan levels fall, the ____ cannot bind to the operator
repressor
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When the tryptophan is absent the operon is ______
derepressed
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If the tryptophan is present then the operon is ____
repressed
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tryptophan binding _____ the distance between the two recognition helices
increases
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Since the distance is increased between the recognition helices by tryptophan, the repressor can then fit snugly into two adjacent portions of the ______ groove in DNA
major
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What are the major differences from prokaryotic control of transcription and eukaryotic control of transcription?
1. Eukaryotes have DNA organized into chromatin 2.Eukaryotic transcription occurs in nucleus while translation occurs in cytoplasm
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General transcription factors are necessary for the assembly of a ______ ______ and recruitment of RNA polymerase II to a promoter
transcription apparatus
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What sequence does TFIID recognize?
The TATA box
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After TFIID binds what other transcription factors bind?
TFIIE< TFIIF, TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIIH
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General transcription factors can initiate synthesis at a _____ level
basal
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Specific transcription factors act in a tissue- or time-dependent manner to stimulate _____ levels of transcription than the basal level
higher
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Each specific transcription factor consists of a ____-____ domain and a _____ _____ domain that interacts with the transcription apparatus
DNA-binding, separate activating
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T or F: in specific transcription factors, the domains are independent in the protein
True
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______ form the binding sites for general transcription factors
promoters
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_______ are the binding site of the specific transcription factors
enhancers
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_______ can act over large distances by bending DNA to form loop to position enhancer closer to promoter
enhancers`
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______ and ______ are also required for the function of transcription factors
coactivators, mediators
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_______ and _____ bind to transcription factors and bind to other parts of the transcription apparatus
coactivators and mediators
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_______ are essential to some but not all transcription factors
mediators
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_______ can be used with multiple TF (transcription factors)
coactivators
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______ structure is selectively modulated to allow transcription
chromatin
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alternations in chromatin structure are thought to be the basis for _______
epigenetics
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T or F: heritable changes in phenotype not due to changes in DNA sequence
true
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_______ alternations must persist in the absence of the initating stimulus, and must be inherited through cell division
epigenetic
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High levels of _____ _______ correlate with inactive genes
DNA methylation
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_____-_____ gene expression seen in genomic imprinting is at least partially due to DNA methylation
Allele-specific
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T or F: Mammalian females inactivate one X chromosome as a form of dosage compensation
True
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How many possible histones can be modified
four
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What are the possible modifications to histones?
acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation,
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In general _____ is correlated iwth active sites of transcription
acetylation
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Some transcription coactivators have been shown to be _____ _____
histone acetylases
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Transcription is increased by removing higher order _____ structure that would prevent transcription
chromatin
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_______ _______ remove acetyl groups from histones
histone deacetylases
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Control of gene expression usually involves the control of _____ initation
transcription
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What are posttranscriptional regulation mechanisms?
1. small RNAs 2.Alternative splicing 3. RNA editing 4.mRNA degradation
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lin-4 mutant alters developmental timing in ______
C. elegans
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_____ does not encode a protein product, instead, it encodes two small RNA molecules
lin-4
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_____ RNA acts as a transcriptional repressor of an mRNA
lin-4
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_____ production begins with RNA pol II producing a transcript called the pri-mRNA
miRNA
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miRNA folds back on itself to form a stem-and loop-structure which is cleaved by _____ to form pre-miRNA
drosha
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pre-miRNA exported from the nucleus and cleaved by ____ to produce a short double stranded RNA containing the miRNA
dicer
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miRNA loaded into a protein complex called an ____
RISC (RNA induced silencing complex)
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RISC includes the _____-____ protein Ago, which interacts with the miRNA
RNA-binding
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_____ is targeted to repress the expression of genes based on sequence complementarity to the miRNA
RISC
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RNA _______ refers to small RNA gene silencing
interference
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siRNA arise from long _____-_______ RNA
double-stranded DNA
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with siRNA production, the ______ cuts yield multiple siRNA which are loaded into RISC
Dicer
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Biogenesis of both miRNA and siRNA involves cleavage by _____ and incorporation into a _____ complex
Dicer, RISC
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target mRNA is cleaved by _______ containing RISC
siRNA
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RNA silencing pathways have been implicated in the formation of _______ in different organisms
heterochromatin
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_____ repress genes different from their origin
miRNA
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endogenous _____ tend to repress genes they were derived from
siRNAs
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The editing of mature _____ transcripts can produce an altered mRNA that is not truly encoded in the genome
mRNA
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In ______, RNA editing involves chemical modification of base to change its base-pairing properties
mammals

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