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A muscle enzyme called ME
a. Does this information indicate the presence of enhancer and
b. Why does deletion D effectively eliminate transcription oflacZ?
c. Given the information available from deletion analysis, can you give a molecular explanation for the observation that ME
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- Mutations in bacterial promoters may increase or decrease the rate of gene transcription. Promoter mutations that increase the transcription rate are termed up-promoter mutations, and those that decrease the transcription rate are termed down-promoter mutations. If the promoter for the lac operon is TATGTT, would the following be uppromoters or downpromoters?A. TATGTT to TATATTB. TATGTT to TTTGTTC. TATGTT to TATGATarrow_forwardAn enhancer is surrounded by four genes (A, B, C, and D), as shown in the accompanying diagram. An insulator lies between gene C and gene D. On the basis of the positions of the genes, the enhancer, and the insulator, the transcription of which genes is most likely to be stimulated by the enhancer? Explain your reasoning.arrow_forwardWhich of the following mutations could be appropriately describedas a position effect?A. A point mutation at the –10 position in the promoter regionprevents transcription. B. A translocation places the coding sequence for a muscle-specificgene next to an enhancer that is turned on in nerve cells.C. An inversion flips a gene from the long arm of chromosome 17(which is euchromatic) to the short arm (which isheterochromatic).arrow_forward
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