Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6.8, Problem 1MQ
- What advantage do quorum-sensing systems confer on bacterial cells?
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
Ch. 6.1 - What is protein domain?Ch. 6.1 - Why are most DMA-binding proteins specific to...Ch. 6.1 - Describe why a protein that binds to a specific...Ch. 6.2 - Why is negative control so named?Ch. 6.2 - How does a repressor inhibit the synthesis of a...Ch. 6.2 - Induction is considered the opposite of enzyme...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 1MQCh. 6.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.3 - What is the difference between an operon and a...Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 1MQ
Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.4 - Explain how the lac operon is both positively and...Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 1CRCh. 6.5 - What is the major difference between...Ch. 6.5 - How do transcriptional activators in Archaea often...Ch. 6.5 - Explain how the Pyrococcus furiosus TrmBL1...Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 1CRCh. 6.6 - What are kinases and what is their role in...Ch. 6.6 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.6 - Prob. 1CRCh. 6.7 - What are the primary response regulator and the...Ch. 6.7 - Why is adaptation during chemotaxis important?Ch. 6.7 - How does the response of the chemortaxis system to...Ch. 6.7 - Adaptation allows the mechanism controlling...Ch. 6.8 - What advantage do quorum-sensing systems confer on...Ch. 6.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.8 - Prob. 3MQCh. 6.8 - How can quorum sensing be considered a regulatory...Ch. 6.9 - Which Escherichia coli genes are activated and...Ch. 6.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.9 - What are some other conditions that trigger the...Ch. 6.9 - Explain the sequence of molecular events that...Ch. 6.10 - Prob. 1MQCh. 6.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.10 - Prob. 3MQCh. 6.10 - Prob. 1CRCh. 6.11 - Prob. 1MQCh. 6.11 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.11 - Prob. 3MQCh. 6.11 - What are the mechanisms by which regulation by...Ch. 6.12 - What happens when a riboswitch binds the small...Ch. 6.12 - What are the major differences between a repressor...Ch. 6.12 - What is the mechanism by which a riboswitch...Ch. 6.13 - Why does attenuation control not occur in...Ch. 6.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.13 - Prob. 1CRCh. 6.14 - What is feedback inhibition?Ch. 6.14 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.14 - Prob. 3MQCh. 6.14 - Describe how feedback inhibition is reversible.Ch. 6.15 - What types of covalent modifications commonly...Ch. 6.15 - Prob. 2MQCh. 6.15 - Explain the role of an anti-sigma factor.Ch. 6.15 - Which nucleotides are commonly used to covalently...Ch. 6 - What would happen to regulation from a promoter...Ch. 6 - Most of the regulatory systems described in this...Ch. 6 - Many amino acid biosynthetic operons under...Ch. 6 - How would you design a regulatory system to make...
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