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Prokaryotic Gene Regulation April 16, 2014 Richard D. Howells, PhD MSB E-643 howells@njms.rutgers.edu. Objectives. During this presentation, you may Continue catching up on needed sleep Understand the process of transcription
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Prokaryotic Gene Regulation April 16, 2014Richard D. Howells, PhDMSB E-643howells@njms.rutgers.edu
Objectives During this presentation, you may • Continue catching up on needed sleep • Understand the process of transcription • Appreciate how the lac and trp operons are regulated in bacteria Lecture 13
General structure and tandem arrays of pre-rRNA transcription units
Bacterial RNA Polymerase
Inactivation of prokaryotic RNA polymerase by Rifampin - a drug used for treatment of tuberculosis
cAMP-CAP (CRP) homodimer (yellow domain interacts with RNA pol)
tTTheT The cAMP-CAP complex activates transcription of the lacoperon
Rho-independent termination of transcription
Leader sequences of other AA operons in E. coli subject to attenuation