Module 6 Flashcards
1
Q
What’s an operon?
A
A common pathway that bacterial genes are organised into
2
Q
What do repressors do?
A
Suppress transcription of a gene
3
Q
What do activators do?
A
Increase transcription of a gene
4
Q
What do inducers do?
A
Activate/ repress transcription depending on cell needs
5
Q
What are introns?
A
Regions which don’t code for protein
6
Q
What do Hox genes do?
A
Control body plan & code for transcription factors
7
Q
What’s apoptosis?
A
Cell death
8
Q
What are cyclins?
A
Proteins that initiate and drive the cell cycle stages
9
Q
What are capases?
A
Proteins that break down organelles & cytoskeleton
