Question 1 (1 point) Question 1 Unsaved
_______________ is the process of the cell implementing the instructions of a gene and making a protein.

Question 1 options:

a.Gene switching


b.Gene expression


c.Gene influence


Question 2 (1 point) Question 2 Unsaved
Activation of specific genes is important for _____________________, where a cell is changed from a generalized cell to a specialized cell.

Question 2 options:

a.Cell differentiation


b.Cell modification


c.Cell transformation


Question 3 (1 point) Question 3 Unsaved
A class of proteins that eukaryotes use to turn genes on and off by allowing transcription to occur or blocking it are called _________________.

Question 3 options:

a.Repressor


b.Introns


c.Transcription factors


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Transcription occurs inside the ______________, while translation occurs in the ____________.

Question 4 options:

a.Cytoplasm; nucleus


b.Nucleus; cytoplasm


c.Cell; tissue


Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Unsaved
The protein used by some prokaryotes that binds to the operator, blocking RNA polymerase, so transcription cannot take place is called the _____________.

Question 5 options:

a.Enzyme


b.Intron


c.Repressor


Question 6 (1 point) Question 6 Unsaved
______________ is the use of living organisms to produce new products or new organism for uses in agriculture, food production, and medicine.

Question 6 options:

a.Gene Expression


b.Biotechnology


c.Genome

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Question 7 (1 point) Question 7 Unsaved
____________ is the process of producing genetically identical organisms.

Question 7 options:

a.Recombinant DNA


b.Gene Therapy


c.Cloning


Question 8 (1 point) Question 8 Unsaved
When we combine DNA of 2 or more organisms we form _____________.

Question 8 options:

a.Recombinant DNA


b.Clones


c.Plasmids

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Question 9 (1 point) Question 9 Unsaved
Scientists frequently insert genes into the single, circular, extrachromosomal piece of bacterial DNA called the _______in order to have bacteria produce proteins they normally would not, such as insulin.

Question 9 options:

a.Lac Operon


b.Plasmids


c.Genome


Question 10 (1 point) Question 10 Unsaved
Scientists are studying the entire set of DNA in an organism’s cells, also called the _______, to better understand how genes work.

Question 10 options:

a.Plasmids


b.Lac Operon


c.Genome