Chapter 19A  Homework Questions

 

 

 

 

 

1.         Describe the nucleosome?

 

 

 

2.         What proteins are responsible for first level of “packing” of eukaryotic DNA?

 

 

 

3.         What is a chemical characteristic of the above proteins which allows them to interact with DNA?

 

 

 

4.         How do the above proteins effect DNA transcription and replication?

 

 

 

5.         Where is gene expression in eukaryotic organisms regulated ?

 

 

 

6.         What type of DNA is methylated?  Is this DNA transcribed? (explain)

 

 

 

7.         What is epigenetic inheritance?

 

 

 

8.         What is a transcription factor?

 

 

 

9.         What is an enhancer?