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Nicole_5521
#1 Posted : Sunday, May 30, 2021 11:32:37 PM
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Hello,

I'm confused about Question 27 from ICE 2 Passage 1 in the Biology 1 EK book.

First, 5aza-dC is a drug that demethylates and then decreases gene expression of the CD3Z gene. Is this just inferred from the passage/question information?

Second, how can you tell that increased methylation in repressor regions leads to increased expression? Does this happen with all repressor regions? Where does this information come from?

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INSTR_Molly_129
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Hi Nicole,

The text for Experiment 2 indicates that 5aza is a demethylating drug.
As for the increased expression, this was derived from the question stem and information from Experiment 2 passage. It states that 5aza is a demethylase, so it decreases methylation.
From the stem, we are told that increased demethylation decreases expression, so in other words, decreased methylation, decreases expression. So, it would stand that D would be the correct answer.

Hope that helps, and happy studying!

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Molly
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