Suppose you want to study the transcription in vitro of one particular gene in a DNA molecule that contains several genes and promoters. Without adding specific regulatory proteins, how might you stimulate transcription from the gene of interest relative to the transcription of the other genes on your DNA template? To make all of the complexes identical, you would like to arrest all transcriptional events at the same position on the DNA template before isolating the complex. How might you do this?

Suppose you want to study the transcription in vitro of one particular gene in a DNA molecule that contains several genes and promoters. Without adding specific regulatory proteins, how might you stimulate transcription from the gene of interest relative to the transcription of the other genes on your DNA template? To make all of the complexes identical, you would like to arrest all transcriptional events at the same position on the DNA template before isolating the complex. How might you do this?

Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter10: From Proteins To Phenotypes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 21QP: Transcriptional regulators are proteins that bind to promoters (the 5-flanking regions of genes) to...

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