Which Level of Primary Control in Eukaryotic Gene Activity Involves

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which level of primary control in eukaryotic gene activity involves methylation and chromatin packing as a way to keep genes turned off?

• A) pretranscriptional control
• B) transcriptional control
• C) posttranscriptional control
• D) translational control
• E) posttranslational control

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