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Ch. 23 - Developmental Genetics

Chapter 22, Problem 10

How can you determine whether a particular gene is being transcribed in different cell types?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together. What is the role of transcription factors in cell differentiation? Is it answer choice. A it brings the amino acid that corresponds to a specific codon. Is it answer choice? B it controls which amino acid is activated or not? Is it answer choice? C it facilitates the translation process or is it answer choice? D it regulates the transcription process of genes that determines the cell fate. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer choices is the correct answer. So to solve this question, we have to remember what we've learned about transcription factors as well as what cell differentiation is. So we can recall that transcription factors function to regulate the transcription process of genes that r precursor to sell differentiation. Which means that the transcription factors are those that died, which jeans are turned on end off in order R A L to obtain features and functions. Pa two, it's type. So the question is asking us, what is the role of the transcription factors in cell differentiation? Which we know those transcription factors regulate the transcription process of genes that are a precursor to cell differentiation, which means that the role of trans description factors in cell differentiation is that they regulate the transcription process of genes that determines the cell fate. So the correct answer is answer choice. D it regulates the transcription process of genes that determines the cell fate. Because we know that transcription factors regulate the transcription process of genes and decide which genes are turned on and off. So they regulate the transcription process of genes that determines the self fate, making answer choice. D the correct answer. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.