Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
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Chapter 18, Problem 7TYK
Which of the following is not true of enhancers?
- a. They may be located thousands of
nucleotides upstream from the genes they affect. - b. When bound with activators, they interact with the promoter region and other transcription factors to produce an initiation complex.
- c. They typically contain a TATA box.
- d. They may coordinate the transcription of enzymes involved in the same
metabolic pathway when they contain the same combination of control elements.
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