Chapter6 The Control of Gene Expression1.ppt

Chapter 6 The Regulation of Gene Expression Contents 6.1 A brief introduction of gene regulation 6.2 Regulation of gene expression in Prokaryotes 6.3 Regulation of gene expression in Eukaryotes 6.1 A brief introduction of gene regulation Gene expression: the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. Regulation of gene expression refers to the control of the amount and timing of appearance of the functional product of a gene. Gene regulation is affected by the following factors Constitutive protein(组成型蛋白质)： In cells, many proteins