AP Gene Control and Expression

Operons are found in the cells of which of the following types of organisms?

• prokaryotes (bacteria)
• eukaryotes (plant and animals)
• animals only
• viruses

A protein that binds to the operator and blocks the RNA polymerase

• regulator
• repressor
• activator
• corepressor

The "on/off" switch for an operon is called the

• promoter
• repressor
• operator
• gene

What is the name of the stretch of DNA where RNA polymerase binds?

• operator
• promoter
• enhancer
• origin

An operon consists of all the the following EXCEPT

• operator
• promoter
• regulatory gene
• genes of the operon

What is the role of operons in prokaryote gene expression?

• It makes the genes prokaryotes be turned on
• It accounts for the regulation of gene activity in response to the needs of the cells
• To make DNA for the gene
• To make the gene turn of and off

The lac operon genes only become expressed if:

• lactose binds to the repressor
• glucose binds to the repressor
• lactose binds to the operator
• the repressor binds to the operator

In the lac operon model the genes within the operon will be expressed if:

• lactose is absent in the cell
• glucose is present in the cell
• lactose is present in the cell

The parts of a gene that do NOT code for amino acids in a protein are called

• introns
• exons
• codons
• anticodons

A chemical modification of DNA that does not affect the nucleotide sequence of a gene but makes that gene less likely to be expressed.

• methylation
• acetylation
• transcription
• translation