Choose the Correct Answer from the List Below

question 39

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used.
-An increase in cellular metabolism that inhibits expression of the genes for that metabolism is a process known as ______________.

• A)divalent cation
• B)primer
• C)stem loop
• D)operon
• E)consensus
• F)amanitin
• G)transcription
• H)translation
• I)repressor
• J)transcription bubble
• K)catabolite repression
• L)promoters

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