Cambridge AS & A Level Biology
16.3Gene control
Gene control in Cambridge AS & A Level Biology: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 16.3.1Distinguish structural from regulatory genes and repressible from inducible enzymes.
- 16.3.2Explain the control of protein production in a prokaryote using the lac operon.
- 16.3.3State that transcription factors bind DNA and raise or lower transcription in eukaryotes.
- 16.3.4Explain how gibberellin activates genes by causing breakdown of DELLA repressor proteins.
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Control of gene expression
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