Free response version of Question #17:
Part A: What could happen if the promoter is mutated?
a. DNA replication could be prevented.
b. Transcription could be prevented.
c. RNA would be made, but RNA processing could be prevented.
d. Translation could start, but terminate early.
Part B: Explain why incorrect choices are not true.
a. DNA replication occurs at the Origins of Replication (ori).
c. RNA could not be made because transcription was prevented.
d. Without an RNA transcript, RNA processing would not occur. Without mRNA, there is nothing to translate.
RNA GCAGCC
DNA 5' GCGCGTCGGTACA 3'