Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
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What is meant by the term chromatin remodeling? Describe the importance of this process to transcription.
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
Ch. 15 - 13.1 Devoting a few sentences to each, describes...Ch. 15 - 13.2 Describe and give an example (real or...Ch. 15 - What is meant by the term chromatin remodeling?...Ch. 15 - 13.4 What general role does acetylation of histone...Ch. 15 - 13.5 Describe the roles of writers, readers, and...Ch. 15 - Outline the roles of RNA in eukaryotic gene...Ch. 15 - 13.7 What are the roles of the Polycomb and...Ch. 15 - Most biologists argue that the regulation of gene...Ch. 15 - Compare and contrast the transcriptional...Ch. 15 - The term heterochromatin refers to heavily...
Ch. 15 - 13.11 Compare and contrast promoters and enhancers...Ch. 15 - 13.12 What are the different chromatin...Ch. 15 - 13.13 Define epigenetics, and provide examples...Ch. 15 - What is one proposed role for lncRNAs?Ch. 15 - 13.17 A hereditary disease is inherited as an...Ch. 15 - Prob. 16PCh. 15 - A gene expressed in long muscle of the mouse is...Ch. 15 - The consequences of four deletions from the region...Ch. 15 - Provide a description of the mechanistic roles of...Ch. 15 - 13.20 A muscle enzyme called ME is produced by...Ch. 15 - 21. A muscle protein in mouse is produced through...
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- Name four major classes of DNA-binding proteins that are responsible for controlling transcription, and describe their structural features.arrow_forwardWhat kind of changes Transcription Requires in Chromatin Structure and Nucleosome Position?arrow_forwardIs chromatin structure is altered in transcription? Explain.arrow_forward
- Why is transcriptionally active chromatin ∼10 times more susceptible to cleavage by DNase I than transcriptionally silent chromatin?arrow_forwardTranscriptionally active chromatin are generally found near the outer regions of the nucleus near the membrane. true or false?arrow_forwardWhat is the role of chromatin modification in transcription?arrow_forward
- What structural change occurs in the DNA when an “open” transcription initiation complex is formed?arrow_forwardWhy it is that transcription & translation could be coupled in prokaryotic cell but not in eukaryotic cell?arrow_forwardIn eukaryotic transcription, what is the function of a histone chaperone? Of a chromatin remodeling complex? Of Mediator?arrow_forward
- Explain why histone eviction or displacement is needed for the elongation phase of transcription to occur.arrow_forwardWhy Transcription Requires Changes inChromatin Structure and NucleosomePosition?arrow_forwardWhy transcription initiation requires the assembly of transcription regulatory proteins on DNA sites known as silencers ?arrow_forward
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