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gene structure and regulation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the difference between structural and regulatory genes? | Structural genes codes for proteins involved in structure and function, e.g., enzymes, antibodies, cytoskeleton. Regulatory genes determine the activity of the gene and transcription factors. |
| What is the structure of genes in eukaryotic genes? | Stop and start triplet, promoter region where the RNA polymerase binds, exons are coding regions of DNA and introns are non-coding regions of DNA. |
| What is an operon? | A functioning unit of DNA containing a group or cluster of genes under the control of a single promoter. Exists mostly in prokaryotes to increase efficiency. |
| What is a transcription factor? | Any factor which can affect the rate of transcription. |
| What is the lac operon? | A lactose operon found in E. Coli. It is an inducible operon (can be turned on or off), only begins to code when lactose is available. |