Campbell Biology
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Chapter 18, Problem 11TYU
draw it The diagram below shows five genes, including their enhancers, from the genome of a certain species. Imagine that yellow, blue, green, black, red, and purple activator proteins exist that can bind to the appropriately color-coded control elements in the enhancers of these genes.
(a) Draw an X above enhancer elements (of all the genes) that would have activators bound in a cell in which only gene 5 is transcribed. Identify which colored activators would be present.
- (b) Draw a dot above all enhancer elements that would have activators bound in a cell in which the green, blue, and yellow activators are present. Identify which gene(s) would be transcribed.
- (c) Imagine that genes 1,2, and 4 code for nerve-specific proteins, and genes 3 and 5 are skin specific. Identify which activators would have to be present in each cell type to ensure transcription of the appropriate genes.
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The following diagram illustrates four genes from the genome of a certain insect. Different binding
sites are labeled in the enhancer region of each gene.
enhancer
promoter
ABC D E
Gene 1
A
D
Gene 2
АС
DE
Gene 3
ABD
Gene 4
In order for a specific gene to be expressed in the insect's cells, all of the gene's binding sites must
be bound by transcriptional activators.
• The insect's brain cells contain activators that bind to sites A, C, D, and E
• The insect's salivary gland cells contain activators that bind to sites A, B, and D
Which of the following is the most likely pattern of gene expression for the insect described above?
Gene 2 will be expressed in both brain and salivary gland cells
Both gene 1 and gene 4 will be expressed in salivary glands, but neither will be expressed in brain cells
Gene 1 will be expressed in both brain and salivary glands
Both gene 2 and gene 3 will be expressed in brain cells, but neither will be expressed in salivary gland cells
1. - Which factor(s)/protein(s) would you expect to occur at positions C and G ? (name them)
2. - Would you expect e1, e2, or e3 to be an enhancer for gene t? (explain briefly)
3. - Which genes would you expect to be most likely regulated by enhancer e1? (explain briefly)
4. - In this example genes t - x are expressed but genes y and z are not transcribed. At which position would you expect to see a sharp transition between the chromatin marks H3K27me3 and H3K36me3? (name the position, A - I).
Which of the following statements concerning enhancer DNA sequences is true?
Group of answer choices
Enhancer DNA sequences must be located before (upstream) the genes they control.
Enhancers DNA sequences are close to the genes they activate (via looping) even if they very far away as measured through the linear DNA sequence.
Enhancer DNA sequences will not recruit their respective protein factors if you artificially insert the enhancer backwards.
All these statements are true.
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