The Mechanism Behind Slipped-Strand Mispairing Is That

question 55

Multiple Choice

The mechanism behind slipped-strand mispairing is that

• A) short repeats allow for slippage of the RNA polymerase during transcription of the affected genes.
• B) short repeats allow for slippage of DNA polymerase during replication, which leads to an out-of-frame reading sequence.
• C) an invertible promoter slips into different reading frames.
• D) the genes coding for lipopolysaccharide in Gram-negative bacteria can be slipped in and out of frame.
• E) short repeats slip and turn genes off, but they can never be turned back on.

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