Regulation of Transcription In Prokaryotes

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Operator
________: regulatory region of the operon.
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Activators
________: increase the rate of transcription.
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Small effector molecules
________: binds to regulatory transcription factor and causes conformational change.
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Polycistronic mRNA
________: encodes more than one protein.
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Transcriptional regulation
________ also involves small effector molecules.
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Repressors
inhibit transcription
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Activators
increase the rate of transcription
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Small effector molecules
binds to regulatory transcription factor and causes conformational change
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Operon in bacteria
a cluster of genes under transcriptional control of one promoter
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Operator
regulatory region of the operon
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Polycistronic mRNA
encodes more than one protein