That ribosomes wouldn’t bind to that gene b. No effect since the promoter doesn't have any coding information for the amino acids in the polypeptide c. Ribosomes would never stop translating that gene d. Transcription factors for that gene would no longer bind to activate expression of that gene e. tRNA

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If a cell's DNA was mutated such that it lost the promoter of a gene, you would expect:

a.

That ribosomes wouldn’t bind to that gene

b.

No effect since the promoter doesn't have any coding information for the amino acids in the polypeptide

c.

Ribosomes would never stop translating that gene

d.

Transcription factors for that gene would no longer bind to activate expression of that gene

e.

tRNA would no longer bind to the codons of that gene

 

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