Understanding why these receptors are present when they are not supposed to be is important in finding new treatments for Cushing's syndrome. When the sequences for the promoters for the receptor genes were analyzed there was no common sequences found. This led to the theory that the loss of methylation of cytosine in the promoters of these genes was leading to their inappropriate expression. How could the loss of cytosine methylation lead to overexpression of the receptor genes? O a. Increased histone acetyltransferase activity O b. Decreased histone deacetylase activity Oc Decreased histone acetyltransferase activity O d. Increased histone deacetylase activity

Understanding why these receptors are present when they are not supposed to be is important in finding new treatments for Cushing's syndrome. When the sequences for the promoters for the receptor genes were analyzed there was no common sequences found. This led to the theory that the loss of methylation of cytosine in the promoters of these genes was leading to their inappropriate expression. How could the loss of cytosine methylation lead to overexpression of the receptor genes? O a. Increased histone acetyltransferase activity O b. Decreased histone deacetylase activity Oc Decreased histone acetyltransferase activity O d. Increased histone deacetylase activity

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter10: From Proteins To Phenotypes

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

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