MIC 102 Unit 3 questions with correct answers

Gene expressino regulated CORRECT ANSWER - transcriptional level - regulated by controlling mRNA synthesis - translational level - governed by controlling protein synthesis Activity level of proteins may be altered by CORRECT ANSWER post translational modification The term used to describe the metabolic pathway that uses DNA as a template for the manufacture mRNA is _____, and the pathway that uses mRNA as the template for the manufacture of protein is called _____. CORRECT ANSWER transcription; translation The first processes that regulate gene expression to be understood in detail were CORRECT ANSWER Induction and Repression Enzymes that catalyze reactions that are in constant demand in a cell are encoded by genes referred to as _____ genes. CORRECT ANSWER housekeeping or constitutive _____ genes encode enzymes whose level is increased by the presence of small effector molecules. CORRECT ANSWER Inducible