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Set 14 Gene Regulation In Bacteria

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Question 1

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If CAP could not bind to its CAP site, then what would be the result? Assume lactose is present in each scenario.

A) Transcription would be difficult to repress in the presence of glucose
B) Transcription would be difficult to activate in the presence of glucose
C) Transcription would be difficult to activate in the absence of glucose

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Question 2

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In Jacob, Monod, and Pardee's experiment, what would have been the conclusion if all four tubes produced a yellow color when b-ONPG was added?

A) Expression of the lac operon is constitutive whether lacI is functional or not
B) LacI provides the binding site for the repressor
C) LacI encodes a diffusible repressor
D) The researcher added too much b-ONPG

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Question 3

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Enzymes involved in metabolism are most likely regulated via ________.

A) feedback inhibition
B) acetylation
C) methylation
D) none of the answers are correct

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