Need help with my homework

[ladymuck]

Does anyone know anything about using reporter genes in experiments to identify gene promoter regions?

Too lazy to read the book, assignment due tomorrow.

Need to identify if a region upstream from a gene contains a transcriptional repressor or transcriptional activator sequence based on the amount of light emitted from a reporter gene inserted into the sequence. Got a choice of low to high light emission or high to low light emission. My hunch is low to high = activator, high to low = repressor but I have to explain why.

[vetran]

And you posted on CUK?

[ladymuck]

I'm an eternal optimist

[kaiser78]

Have you asked your accountant ?

[northernladuk]

Tried a search?

[northernladuk]

Does anyone know anything about using reporter genes in experiments to identify gene promoter regions?

Yep

Need to identify if a region upstream from a gene contains a transcriptional repressor or transcriptional activator sequence based on the amount of light emitted from a reporter gene inserted into the sequence. Got a choice of low to high light emission or high to low light emission. My hunch is low to high = activator, high to low = repressor but I have to explain why.

The answer is Spartacus. HTH.

[ladymuck]

Well I guessed and handed it in. That'll do. It's not a grade affecting assignment, just need to hit at least 40%

[greenlake]

Well I guessed and handed it in.

I hope you guessed well....