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15.1 Prokaryotic Regulation
  • Regulator genes control the expression of genes that code for a protein product.
  1. What are the three elements of an operon?
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  2. What is a regulator gene and what does it do?
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  3. What is the function of a repressor molecule?
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  4. What is the difference between a repressible and an inducible operon?
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  1. Operon model
  2. The trp operon
  3. The lac operon
  4. Further control of the lac operon
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15.2 Eukaryotic Regulation
  • The control of gene expression occurs at all levels, from transcription to the activity of proteins in the cytoplasm.
  • The structural organization of chromatin and various mechanisms help control gene expression in eukaryotes.
  1. True or False: The genes of all eukaryotic cells in a multicellular individual are regulated to produce the same protein at the same time.
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  2. What is transcriptional control and where does it occur?
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  3. What are euchromatin and heterochromatin?
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  4. How does histone interact with chromatin to prevent transcription?
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  5. Proteins that bind to the promoter region of a gene and then attract and bind with RNA polymerase are called _______________. This protein complex functions to _____________.
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  6. Differences in how mRNA is processed are a type of ____________ control and occur in the ____________.
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  7. What are the three means of translational control?
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  8. What type of molecule is affected by posttranslational control?
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Summaries of major points:
  1. Expression of genes
  2. Transcriptional control
  3. Posttranscriptional control
  4. Translational control
  5. Posttranslational control
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15.3 Genetic Mutations
  • Mutations occur when the nucleotide base sequence of DNA changes.
  • Mutations can lead to proteins that do not function or do not function properly.
  • Mutations of regulatory genes are now known to cause cancer.
  1. Which has the potential to cause the greatest change in a protein product, point mutations or frameshift mutations, and why?
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  2. What is the function of the protein encoded by the p53 gene and what happens if it is inactivated by a mutation?
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  3. What is the difference between mutagens and carcinogens?
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  4. Sequences of DNA that can move from location to location within or between chromosomes are called _______________.
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Summaries of major points:
  1. A genetic mutation is a permanent change in the sequence of bases in DNA
  2. Cause of mutations
  3. Point mutations
  4. Carcinogens
  5. Regulation of the cell cycle
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