Choose the function in column 2 that best matches each item in column 1.

A) GC and CAAT boxes
B) message containing information for a gene
C) multiprotein complex associated with augmentation of transcription of a particular gene
D) transcribed and translated continually in a cell
E) increases frequency of transcription of a particular gene
F) enhancer-associated transcription factors
G) regulatory protein allows transcription
H) message containing information for multiple genes
I) inhibits transcription of a particular gene
J) transcribed and translated at certain times in a cell
K) control expression of other genes essential in development
L) enhancer-associated translation factors
M) regulatory protein prevents transcription

1) activators
2) homeotic genes
3) silencer
4) polygenic mRNA
5) enhancer
6) enhanceosome
7) negative gene control
8) constitutive gene
9) positive gene control
10) proximal control elements


1) L) enhancer-associated translation factors
2) K) control expression of other genes essential in development
3) I) inhibits transcription of a particular gene
4) H) message containing information for multiple genes
5) E) increases frequency of transcription of a particular gene
6) C) multiprotein complex associated with augmentation of transcription of a particular gene
7) M) regulatory protein prevents transcription
8) D) transcribed and translated continually in a cell
9) G) regulatory protein allows transcription
10) A) GC and CAAT boxes

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