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High School Biology: Molecular Genetics - From DNA to Proteins - Regulation of Gene Expression (Fill in the blank)
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High School Biology: Molecular Genetics - From DNA to Proteins - Regulation of Gene Expression (Fill in the blank)
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1. Using a ____________ to make a protein is called gene expression.

2. When lactose is ____________, a repressor protein binds to the operator of the lac operon.

3. Repressors prevent ____________ by impeding the progress of RNA polymerase along the DNA strand.

4. Mutations in proto-oncogenes genes can cause ____________.

5. Regulatory proteins bind to regions of DNA, called regulatory ____________.

6. Transcription is mainly controlled by regulatory ____________.

7. ____________ genes regulate development.

8. In prokaryotic genes, the ____________ is a region of the operon where regulatory proteins bind.