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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is an operon?
A cluster of genes that codes for proteins for a specific metabolic pathway
A protein that binds to the operator, preventing translation
A regulator protein in transcriptional control
- 2. Multiple Choice
What species of bacteria does the chapter use as an example for prokaryotic control of gene expression?
E. coli
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus
E. faecalis
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the only mechanism of control that prokaryotes use?
Pretranscriptional Control
Transcriptional Control
Posttranscriptional Control
Translational Control
- 4. Multiple Choice
What animal does the textbook use as an example for X-inactivation?
Tortoiseshell Cats
Escherichia coli
Alaskan Malamutes
Roosters
- 5. Multiple Choice
This operon is present in bacteria, and is focused on in 25.4
The lac operon
The gluc operon
The peptin operon
The eth operon
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