Regulation of Transcription In Prokaryotes

Operator

________: regulatory region of the operon.

Activators

________: increase the rate of transcription.

Small effector molecules

________: binds to regulatory transcription factor and causes conformational change.

Polycistronic mRNA

________: encodes more than one protein.

Transcriptional regulation

________ also involves small effector molecules.

Repressors

inhibit transcription

Activators

increase the rate of transcription

Small effector molecules

binds to regulatory transcription factor and causes conformational change

Operon in bacteria

a cluster of genes under transcriptional control of one promoter

Operator

regulatory region of the operon

Polycistronic mRNA

encodes more than one protein