What does the bicoid protein activate?

What does the bicoid protein activate?

  • Correct Answer: several gap genes
  • spontaneous mutation
  • enzyme respiration
  • amino acid production

Explanation: The bicoid protein activates a number of gap genes. Bicoid encodes a homeodomain-containing transcription factor, and is expressed in a gradient within the embryo. Bicoid positions gap and pair rule gene expression along the anterior-posterior axis of the developing Drosophila embryo.

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