Discuss the following argument: “if the expression of every gene depends on a set of transcription regulators, then the expression of these regulators must also depend on the expression of other regulators, and their expression must depend on the expression of still other regulators, and so on. cells would therefore need an infinite number of genes, most of which would code for transcription regulators.” how does the cell get by without having to achieve the impossible?

Discuss the following argument: “if the expression of every gene depends on a set of transcription regulators, then the expression of these regulators must also depend on the expression of other regulators, and their expression must depend on the expression of still other regulators, and so on. cells would therefore need an infinite number of genes, most of which would code for transcription regulators.” how does the cell get by without having to achieve the impossible?

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

Publisher:Michael Cummings

Chapter10: From Proteins To Phenotypes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 21QP: Transcriptional regulators are proteins that bind to promoters (the 5-flanking regions of genes) to...

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