Glencoe Biology

Section 4: Gene Regulation and Mutation

Self-Check Quizzes

1
What controls differentiation to determine an organism's body plan?
A)lac operon
B)protein complex
C)polymerase
D)hox genes
2
What eukaryotic gene regulation is shown here?

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A)RNA interference
B)lac operon
C)trp operon
D)mutation
3
The mutation shown here causes ____.

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A)nucleotide syndrome
B)fragile X syndrome
C)abnormally high intelligence
D)replication disease
4
A ____ often controls the transcription of prokaryote genes.
A)hox gene
B)interfering RNA
C)operon
D)protein complex
5
Which of these is not a function of eukaryotic transcription factors?
A)control rate of transcription
B)ensure gene is used at right time
C)stabilize binding of RNA polymerase
D)prevent messenger RNA from translating
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