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Chapter 17, Problem 13P
In Problem 12, you identified a genomic region that is likely to behave as an eye-specific enhancer. What experiments could you perform to verify that these DNA sequences indeed share all the characteristics of an enhancer and to determine the precise boundaries of the enhancer in the genomic DNA?
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Chapter 17 Solutions
GENETICS:FROM GENES TO GENOMES-ACCESS
Ch. 17 - For each of the terms in the left column, choose...Ch. 17 - For each of the following types of gene...Ch. 17 - List five events other than transcription...Ch. 17 - Which eukaryotic RNA polymerase RNA pol I, pol II,...Ch. 17 - As shown in the following diagram, a single...Ch. 17 - You have synthesized an enhancerless GFP reporter...Ch. 17 - Prob. 7PCh. 17 - Prob. 8PCh. 17 - A single UAS regulates the expression of three...Ch. 17 - MyoD is a transcriptional activator that turns on...
Ch. 17 - a. Assume that two transcription factors are...Ch. 17 - Prob. 12PCh. 17 - In Problem 12, you identified a genomic region...Ch. 17 - Prob. 14PCh. 17 - Prob. 15PCh. 17 - Genes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes are...Ch. 17 - Prob. 17PCh. 17 - Lysine 4 of histone H3 H3K4 is methylated in the...Ch. 17 - J.T. Lis and collaborators have developed an...Ch. 17 - Hydatiform moles are growths of undifferentiated...Ch. 17 - Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by a mutation in...Ch. 17 - The human IGF2 gene is autosomal and maternally...Ch. 17 - Follow the expression of a paternally imprinted...Ch. 17 - Reciprocal crosses were performed using two inbred...Ch. 17 - Interestingly, imprinting can be tissue-specific....Ch. 17 - Prob. 26PCh. 17 - A method for detecting methylated CpGs involves...Ch. 17 - Honeybees Apis mellifera provide a striking...Ch. 17 - Consider the experiment in Fig. 17.24, where the...Ch. 17 - A protein or RNA that regulates gene expression in...Ch. 17 - a. How can a single eukaryotic gene give rise to...Ch. 17 - A hunchback gene, a gene necessary for proper...Ch. 17 - You know that the mRNA and protein produced by a...Ch. 17 - You are studying a transgenic mouse strain that...Ch. 17 - Prob. 35PCh. 17 - Scientists have exploited the siRNA pathway to...Ch. 17 - Persimmons Diospyros lotus are dioecious plants,...Ch. 17 - Drosophila females homozygous for loss-of-function...Ch. 17 - The text has discussed the RNA-Seq technique,...Ch. 17 - Researchers know that Fru-M controls male sexual...Ch. 17 - The Drosophila gene Sex lethal Sxl is deserving of...Ch. 17 - Figure 17.29 shows that the Sxl protein binds to...
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