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Chapter 16: Control of Gene Expression Flashcards

1
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Controlling gene expression is often accomplished by controlling ______ _______

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transcription initation

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2
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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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4
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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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5
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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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7
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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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9
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What type of regulation determines which genes are transcribed?

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transcriptional

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10
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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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11
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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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12
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What type of regulation determines the availability of finished proteins?

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posttranslational

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13
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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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14
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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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15
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Regulatory proteins possess ____-_____ motifs

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DNA-binding

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16
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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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17
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Within the ____ groove, nucleotides’ hydrogen bond donors and acceptors are accessible

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major

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18
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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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19
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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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20
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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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21
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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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22
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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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23
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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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24
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(prokaryotic regulation) ______ _____ can be positively or negatively controlled

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transcription initiation`

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25
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What type of control increases freqeuncy?

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positive

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26
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In positive control _______ enhance binding of RNA polymerase to promoter?

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activators

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27
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What type of control decreases frequency?

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negative control

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28
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In negative control ____ bind to regulatory sites on DNA called operators that prevent or decrease initiation frequency

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repressors

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29
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_____ molecules can act on both repressors and activators

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effector

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30
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______ cells often respond to their environment by changes in gene expression

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prokaryotic

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31
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genes involved in the same metabolic pathway are organized in ______

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operons

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32
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In _______ enzymes for a certain pathway are produced in response to a substrate

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induction

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33
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______ is capable of making an enzyme by does not

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repression

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34
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____ ______ encodes proteins necessary for the use of lactose as an energy source

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lac operon

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35
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What are the three genes in the lac operon?

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LacZ, lacY, lacA

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36
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What gene is linked to the rest of the lac operon?

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the lac repressor (lacl)

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37
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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

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regulatory

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38
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if lactose is absent the lac operon is _____

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repressed

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39
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if lactose is absent the lac operon is ______

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induced

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40
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What is the mechanisms for the preferential use of glucose in the presence of other sugars?

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glucose repression

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41
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What is the catabolic activator protein (CAP)?

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an allosteric protein with cAMP as effector

42
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The presence of glucose inhibits the transport of lactose into the cell which is ____ exclusion

43
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If glucose is low the inducer is present so _____ activated

44
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If glucose is high, the inducer is ____

45
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____ operon encodes genes for the biosynthesis of tryptophan

46
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T or F: the trp operon is not expressed when the cell contains sufficient amounts of tryptophan

47
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The trp repressor is a helix-turn- helix protein that binds to the operator site located _____ to the trp promoter

48
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The trp operon is ____ regulated by the trp repressor

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negatively

49
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When trytophan levels fall, the ____ cannot bind to the operator

50
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When the tryptophan is absent the operon is ______

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derepressed

51
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If the tryptophan is present then the operon is ____

52
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tryptophan binding _____ the distance between the two recognition helices

53
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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

54
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What are the major differences from prokaryotic control of transcription and eukaryotic control of transcription?

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  1. Eukaryotes have DNA organized into chromatin
    2.Eukaryotic transcription occurs in nucleus while translation occurs in cytoplasm
55
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General transcription factors are necessary for the assembly of a ______ ______ and recruitment of RNA polymerase II to a promoter

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transcription apparatus

56
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What sequence does TFIID recognize?

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The TATA box

57
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After TFIID binds what other transcription factors bind?

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TFIIE< TFIIF, TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIIH

58
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General transcription factors can initiate synthesis at a _____ level

59
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Specific transcription factors act in a tissue- or time-dependent manner to stimulate _____ levels of transcription than the basal level

60
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Each specific transcription factor consists of a ____-____ domain and a _____ _____ domain that interacts with the transcription apparatus

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DNA-binding, separate activating

61
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T or F: in specific transcription factors, the domains are independent in the protein

62
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______ form the binding sites for general transcription factors

63
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_______ are the binding site of the specific transcription factors

64
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_______ can act over large distances by bending DNA to form loop to position enhancer closer to promoter

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enhancers`

65
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______ and ______ are also required for the function of transcription factors

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coactivators, mediators

66
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_______ and _____ bind to transcription factors and bind to other parts of the transcription apparatus

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coactivators and mediators

67
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_______ are essential to some but not all transcription factors

68
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_______ can be used with multiple TF (transcription factors)

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coactivators

69
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______ structure is selectively modulated to allow transcription

70
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alternations in chromatin structure are thought to be the basis for _______

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epigenetics

71
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T or F: heritable changes in phenotype not due to changes in DNA sequence

72
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_______ alternations must persist in the absence of the initating stimulus, and must be inherited through cell division

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epigenetic

73
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High levels of _____ _______ correlate with inactive genes

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DNA methylation

74
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_____-_____ gene expression seen in genomic imprinting is at least partially due to DNA methylation

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Allele-specific

75
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T or F: Mammalian females inactivate one X chromosome as a form of dosage compensation

76
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How many possible histones can be modified

77
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What are the possible modifications to histones?

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acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation,

78
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In general _____ is correlated iwth active sites of transcription

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acetylation

79
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Some transcription coactivators have been shown to be _____ _____

A

histone acetylases

80
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Transcription is increased by removing higher order _____ structure that would prevent transcription

81
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_______ _______ remove acetyl groups from histones

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histone deacetylases

82
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Control of gene expression usually involves the control of _____ initation

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transcription

83
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What are posttranscriptional regulation mechanisms?

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  1. small RNAs
    2.Alternative splicing
  2. RNA editing
    4.mRNA degradation
84
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lin-4 mutant alters developmental timing in ______

A

C. elegans

85
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_____ does not encode a protein product, instead, it encodes two small RNA molecules

86
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_____ RNA acts as a transcriptional repressor of an mRNA

87
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_____ production begins with RNA pol II producing a transcript called the pri-mRNA

88
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miRNA folds back on itself to form a stem-and loop-structure which is cleaved by _____ to form pre-miRNA

89
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pre-miRNA exported from the nucleus and cleaved by ____ to produce a short double stranded RNA containing the miRNA

90
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miRNA loaded into a protein complex called an ____

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RISC (RNA induced silencing complex)

91
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RISC includes the _____-____ protein Ago, which interacts with the miRNA

A

RNA-binding

92
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_____ is targeted to repress the expression of genes based on sequence complementarity to the miRNA

93
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RNA _______ refers to small RNA gene silencing

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interference

94
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siRNA arise from long _____-_______ RNA

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double-stranded DNA

95
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with siRNA production, the ______ cuts yield multiple siRNA which are loaded into RISC

96
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Biogenesis of both miRNA and siRNA involves cleavage by _____ and incorporation into a _____ complex

A

Dicer, RISC

96
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target mRNA is cleaved by _______ containing RISC

96
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RNA silencing pathways have been implicated in the formation of _______ in different organisms

A

heterochromatin

97
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_____ repress genes different from their origin

97
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endogenous _____ tend to repress genes they were derived from

98
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The editing of mature _____ transcripts can produce an altered mRNA that is not truly encoded in the genome

99
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In ______, RNA editing involves chemical modification of base to change its base-pairing properties

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