Many patients who have a certain blood clotting disorder in which the blood clots too readily have a mutation in the promoter of a gene. This mutation most likely


A) deletes a gene for a clotting factor.

B) blocks transcription of a clotting factor.

C) increases susceptibility to a specific viral infection.

D) increases the transcription rate of a particular clotting factor gene.


D) increases the transcription rate of a particular clotting factor gene.

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