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#Question id: 30087


Which of the following describes the key difference between simple transposition and replicative transposition?

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
  1. In simple transposition, transposase catalyzes the removal and reintegration of the transposon, while transposase is not involved in replicative transposition.
  2. In simple transposition, a double stranded piece of DNA is moved from one site to another, while in replicative transposition a single strand is moved, leaving a single strand behind.
  3. Simple transposition requires DNA synthesis while replicative transposition does not.
  4. Replicative transposition requires DNA synthesis while simple transposition does not.
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#Question id: 4338

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Altering patterns of gene expression in prokaryotes would most likely serve an organism's survival by __.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

In positive control of several sugar metabolism-related operons, the cAMP receptor protein (CRP) binds to DNA to stimulate transcription. Which of the following environmental conditions causes an increase in CRP activity in stimulating transcription?

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

There is a mutation that is found in E. coli in the repressor that results in a molecule known as a super-repressor because it represses the lac operon permanently. Which of the following characteristics would you expect to observe in such a mutant?

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome. If a researcher moves the promoter for the lac operon to the region between the beta galactosidase (lacZ) gene and the permease (lacY) gene, which of the following results would be most likely?

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#Question id: 4342

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome. If a researcher moves the operator to the far end of the operon, past the transacetylase (lacA) gene, which of the following processes would likely occur when the cell is exposed to lactose?

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#Question id: 4343

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Suppose an experimenter becomes proficient with a technique that allows her to move DNA sequences within a prokaryotic genome. If a researcher moves the repressor gene (lacI), along with its promoter, to a position at some several thousand base pairs away from its normal position, which of the following results would be expected?