You Lead a Research Team Challenged with the Task of Creating

question 38

Multiple Choice

You lead a research team challenged with the task of creating a regulatory protein able to shut off transcription of a particular gene.You focus your design around a binding site called an operator that is associated with the promotor.The physical location of the operator most likely to affect transcription would be

• A)upstream of the gene promoter.
• B)downstream of the gene promoter.
• C)internal to the gene itself.
• D)internal to the gene promoter.

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