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Homework Chapter 18

1. At what stage is gene expression most often regulated? What other stages of gene expression
allow for regulation?

2. What is an operator? An operon?

3. True or False? Correct if False.

Almost all the cells in an organism are genetically identical and differences between cell types
result from the expression of different genes by cells with the same genome.

4. True or False? Correct if False.

Chemical modifications to histones and DNA of chromatin influence either chromatin structure
or gene expression.

5. Which histone modification(s) allows for increased transcription? Decreased transcription?

6. What are transcription factors and what are their possible functions?

7. What is alternative RNA splicing?

8. What is the proteasome and what is its function in gene expression regulation?