Which of the Following Might Decrease the Transcription of Only

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following might decrease the transcription of only one specific gene in a bacterial cell?

• A)a decrease in the amount of sigma factor
• B)a decrease in the amount of RNA polymerase
• C)a mutation that introduced a stop codon into the DNA that precedes the gene's coding sequence
• D)a mutation that introduced extensive sequence changes into the DNA that precedes the gene's transcription start site

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