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What is the function of the enhancer in liver cells with active albumin expression?
What is the function of the enhancer in liver cells with active albumin expression?
- It facilitates the combination of a protein to specific DNA sites (correct)
- It promotes the development of mutant genes in liver cells
- It activates the production of recombinase in liver cells
- It prevents recombination in liver cells
What is the significance of the technique mentioned in the text in mutating a specific gene?
What is the significance of the technique mentioned in the text in mutating a specific gene?
- It enables mutation in a specific subset of cells while leaving the gene unaltered elsewhere (correct)
- It allows for random mutations in any gene of interest
- It ensures a complete and embryonically lethal mutation in any specific gene
- It causes mutations in genes only during the early stages of development
What can be inferred about the expression of albumin and recombinase in cells with no albumin expression?
What can be inferred about the expression of albumin and recombinase in cells with no albumin expression?
- Recombinase is produced but albumin is not expressed
- Albumin is expressed but recombinase is not produced
- Albumin expression leads to an increase in recombinase production
- Both albumin and recombinase are not expressed (correct)
What is the effect of bending the DNA by the protein produced in liver cells with active albumin expression?
What is the effect of bending the DNA by the protein produced in liver cells with active albumin expression?
What advantage does mutating a particular gene in a specific subset of cells offer?
What advantage does mutating a particular gene in a specific subset of cells offer?
What is the significance of the enhancer in liver cells with active albumin expression?
What is the significance of the enhancer in liver cells with active albumin expression?
What is the role of the prayer recombinase in cells with no expression of albumin?
What is the role of the prayer recombinase in cells with no expression of albumin?
What does the technique mentioned in the text allow researchers to do?
What does the technique mentioned in the text allow researchers to do?
What happens when the DNA is bent by the protein produced in liver cells with active albumin expression?
What happens when the DNA is bent by the protein produced in liver cells with active albumin expression?
Why is it advantageous to mutate a particular gene in a specific subset of cells?
Why is it advantageous to mutate a particular gene in a specific subset of cells?
What is the effect of not having recombination in most cells?
What is the effect of not having recombination in most cells?
What is the outcome when a gene is mutated using the mentioned technique?
What is the outcome when a gene is mutated using the mentioned technique?
What is one advantage of influencing when during development things are unfolding?
What is one advantage of influencing when during development things are unfolding?
What is the function of the enhancer in most cells with no recombination?
What is the function of the enhancer in most cells with no recombination?
Why might mutating a particular gene in an animal be advantageous?
Why might mutating a particular gene in an animal be advantageous?
