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Chapter 16: Control of Gene Expression


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Chapter 16: Control of Gene Expression

p. 317: homeostasis, promoter, stem cells, transcriptional control, post-transcriptional controls

p. 318: major groove, structural motifs, DNA-binding motifs

p. 319: helix-turn-helix, recognition helix (plural, helices)

p. 320: homeodomain, zinc fingers, leucine zipper

p. 322: repressor, transcriptional activator, catabolic activator protein (CAP)

p. 323: lac operon, operator

p. 326: transcription factors

p. 327: DNA-binding domain, regulatory domain, enhancers

p. 328: nucleosomes, methylation

p. 330: primary transcript, RNA processing, RNA splicing, small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNPs), small nuclear RNA (snRNA or snurps), spliceosome

p. 331: translation repressor proteins

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