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Set 16 Regulation Of Gene Expression In Bacteria

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Question 1

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Usually,bacteria only make tryptophan when tryptophan is absent or available in low concentration.However,a particular bacterial mutation makes tryptophan all the time whether or not tryptophan is present.What could explain this phenotype?

A)the terminator hairpin is unable to form
B)trpD is mutated
C)trpA is mutated
D)the antiterminator hairpin is unable to form
E)trpE is mutated

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Question 2

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Through genetic analysis,Jacob and Manod were able to make predictions about the lac operon.However,which of the following techniques confirmed their predictions?

A)crystal structure analysis
B)CRISPR
C)recombinant DNA technology
D)PCR
E)DNA sequencing

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Question 3

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lacI codes for an__________,and when lacI is mutated,the lac operon is __________.

A)repressor; never expressed
B)repressor; constitutively expressed
C)structural gene; never expressed
D)activator; constitutively expressed
E)activator; never expressed

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