Describe three characteristics of enhancers and silencers

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Position need not be fixed. Orientation may be inverted without significant effect. They can regulate other genes when inserted. They can act at a great distance from the promoter.

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Following the end of the school year, you celebrate a great semester by gorging on pizza. Assuming that your pizza has several meat toppings, discuss where in the digestive tract those meat toppings will be digested

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Biology & Microbiology

Your abdominal cavity, which contains most of your major organs, is a:

a. coelom lined by endoderm and mesoderm. b. pseudocoelom lined by mesoderm. c. pseudocoelom lined by endoderm. d. coelom lined by ectoderm. e. coelom lined by mesoderm.

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The stomach lining is protected by:

a. alkaline mucus and epithelial cells. b. pepsin and pepsinogen. c. trypsin and chymotrypsin. d. bile pigments and bile salts. e. rugae and gastric glands.

Biology & Microbiology

During the early stages of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, ________ is active in the forespore and ________ is active in the mother cell.

A. ?K; ?F B. ?E; ?F C. ?F; ?K D. ?F; ?E

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