Which of the Following Is FALSE Regarding How Bacteria Regulate

question 39

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is FALSE regarding how bacteria regulate the transcription of stress response genes?

• A) High heat can cause a change in the chaperone proteins.
• B) The rpoH gene encodes a sigma factor known as a32 that is active at high temperatures.
• C) Holoenzymes containing an alternative sigma subunit are able to recognize the promoters of genes not transcribed by the common bacterial RNA polymerase.
• D) Under extreme growth conditions, such as heat stress and starvation, bacteria can induce transcription of alternative sigma factors.
• E) Transcription is activated by antitermination, which allows transcription to extend into heat shock genes.

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