Which of the following is not true of gene regulation by DNA looping?

A. The precise distance between the regulatory sequence and the promoter is important.
B. It can result in gene repression.
C. It can result in gene activation.
D. It can result in the regulation of a gene even thousands of base pairs away from the regulatory site.


A

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