To analyze:
The expression of UG
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Explanation on reason for different impacts of deletions B and F on expression in stem tissue and leaf tissue.
Explanation on reason for deletion of D allows UG
Explanation on reason for deletion of E reduces UG
Introduction:
A eukaryotic gene has regulatory sequences which comprises of promoters, enhancers, and silencers which collectively control the gene expression.
Enhancers are present upstream of the promoter sequence. Binding of the enzymes and the transcription factor to the enhancer sequences bring about the regulation of the transcription of the gene. Enhancers are termed as positive cis acting elements as they act on the gene present on the same strand; it can also affect the gene which is
Promoter is the sequence of nucleotides on DNA where RNA polymerase is recruited to carry out the transcription of the particular gene. Promoters’ sequences are observed to highly conserve through evolution therefore calling them consensus sequences. In prokaryotes, the promoter comprises of the sequence called as TATA BOX (TATAAT) at
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