Chapter 18: Regulation of Gene Expression

  1. Gene regulation exercise

  2. Gene regulation matching exercise


  3. In the trp operon, the repressor binds to the
    1. operator.
    2. promoter.
    3. terminator.
    4. professor.
    5. director.
  4. Acetylation of histone "tails" affects
    1. DNA duplication.
    2. transcription.
    3. translation.
    4. cytokinesis.
    5. segregation.
  5. A transcription initiation complex includes the following EXCEPT:
    1. activators
    2. RNA Polymerase
    3. transcription factors
    4. ribosomes
    5. enhancers
  6. An organism can produce more than one type of polypeptide from a single gene by alternative
    1. mutation.
    2. splicing.
    3. transcription.
    4. translation.
    5. replication.
  7. The processes that give shape to the organism and its parts is called
    1. division.
    2. differentiation.
    3. morphogenesis.
    4. induction.
    5. fragmentation.