Gene regulation lecture summary

What will be an ideal response?


•Gene regulation provides a rapid and reversible strategy for dealing with changes to environmental conditions.
•Regulatory proteins can be used to both increase (sigma factors, activators) and decrease (repressors) transcription levels.
•Signals affecting regulation can interact directly with transcription machinery or indirectly through phosphorylation relays.
•Bacteria can use QS to census the biotic environment and control group-related activities, which may also be used to fight disease.

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