Regulation of Gene Expression

AP Biology· difficulty 4/5

A key difference between prokaryotic operons and eukaryotic transcription regulation is that

  • A

    Operons exist only in viruses

  • B

    Eukaryotes lack any transcription regulation

  • C

    Operons cluster co-regulated genes for polycistronic mRNA; eukaryotes regulate genes individually with monocistronic mRNAs

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  • D

    Both produce identical polycistronic mRNAs

Explanation

Bacterial operons: many genes from one promoter on one mRNA, co-regulated. Eukaryotes: typically one mRNA per gene, complex promoter + enhancer architecture per locus.

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