Transcriptomics Is a Common Approach to Infer Which Metabolic Pathways

question 16

Multiple Choice

Transcriptomics is a common approach to infer which metabolic pathways are actively functioning,but which regulation process can MOST significantly complicate or even abolish conclusions from this approach?

• A) activity of a catabolite repressor protein on multiple pathways
• B) antisense RNA silencing
• C) feedback inhibition with allosteric proteins
• D) presence of corepressors and inducers which are molecules undetected by transcriptomics

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