Part 1 1. What are the necessary components required to start the transcription of a
gene? What needs to be added in order to create a protein?
2. How does the length of the transcribed region impact the length of the gene
(DNA)?
3. You accidentally produce a gene (strand of DNA) after you have filled up all
five of your protein shapes? How would you eliminate this DNA?
4. Where does the negative transcription factor work?
5. Why are there more than one positive transcription factors on each of the
three genes?
Part 2
1. How do you maximize the rate of transcription from the gene?
2. What happens when there is a high concentration of positive transcription
factors but a low affinity for the positive transcription factor?
3. How do you minimize the rate of transcription from the gene?
Part 3
1. Why are some cells greener than others?
2. What can you do to maximize the average protein level of the cells in
a. Positive Transcription Factor Concentration
b. mRNA Destroyer Concentration
c. Positive Transcription Factor Affinity for the Gene Regulatory Sequence
d. RNA polymerase Affinity for the Gene Regulatory Sequence
e. Protein Degradation
3. If you reversed all of the above to the opposite spectrum, how would you
affect the color of the cells?