Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.2, Problem 4COMQ
Transcriptional activation of eukaryotic genes involves which of the following events?
a. Changes in nucleosome locations
b. Changes in histone composition within nucleosomes
c. Changes in histone modifications
d. All of the above
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Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Ch. 15.1 - 1. Combinatorial control refers to the phenomenon...Ch. 15.1 - 2. A regulatory transcription factor protein...Ch. 15.1 - 3. A bidirectional enhancer has the following...Ch. 15.1 - 4. Regulatory transcription factors can be...Ch. 15.2 - 1. A chromatin-remodeling complex may
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