In a particular region of the genome of a certain bacterium, one DNA strand is transcribed to give rise to an mRNA for protein A and the other DNA strand is transcribed to give rise to an mRNA for protein B.   a) Would there be any problem in expressing the two genes?   2. b) If a mutation occurred to affect the structure of protein A, what would you observe in the structure of protein B?

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In a particular region of the genome of a certain bacterium, one DNA strand is transcribed to give rise to an mRNA for protein A and the other DNA strand is transcribed to give rise to an mRNA for protein B.

 

  1. a) Would there be any problem in expressing the two genes?

 

2. b) If a mutation occurred to affect the structure of protein A, what would you observe in the structure of protein B?



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