Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 30P
A protein or RNA that regulates gene expression in trans—either at the level of transcription, RNA splicing, or translation—must have specificity for one target gene or a group of target genes. Explain how specificity is achieved in each case.
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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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