How Does an Enhancer Stimulate Transcription

question 14

Multiple Choice

How does an enhancer stimulate transcription?

• A) It brings more nucleotides to the site transcription site.
• B) It brings more tRNA to the transcription site.
• C) It binds to regions of DNA far removed from the transcription site and then binds to the transcription site.
• D) None of these is correct.

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Definitions:

Reverse Transcriptase

An enzyme produced by retroviruses that catalyzes the production of DNA using RNA as a template.

Promoter Region

A region of DNA that initiates transcription of a particular gene, essential for gene expression regulation.

Peptide Bond Formation

A biochemical process that involves the joining of two amino acids through a covalent bond between the amino group of one and the carboxyl group of the other, releasing a molecule of water.

tRNA

Transfer RNA; a type of RNA molecule that helps decode a messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence into a protein during the process of translation in protein synthesis.