You can determine the regulation of an unknown operon based on descriptions like those in the table below. For each row, choose whether the fact would suggest positive or negative or inducible or repressible regulation and indicate your answer with an X in the column. Only one X should appear in each row. In the presence of the signal, the structural genes are expressed. In the presence of the signal, the structural genes are not expressed. In the absence of the signal, the structural genes are expressed. In the absence of the signal, the structural genes are not expressed. The binding of the regulatory protein to the operon results in structural gene expression. The binding of the regulatory protein to the operon prevents structural gene expression. A mutation in the regulatory protein results in constitutive expression of the structural genes. A mutation in the regulatory protein results in no or low expression of the structural genes. Positive? Negative? Inducible? Repressible?
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
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