HW Essay Chapter 18 – Due Friday, December 17
Hint: You can always use diagrams, but you must explain the diagrams, not just label the
diagrams.
1. Describe the operon hypothesis and discuss how it explains the control of
messenger RNA production and the regulation of protein synthesis in bacterial
cells. (Hint: read carefully. This is a loaded essay. It’s asking you everything
about operons, that’s both Lac and Trp and discuss cAMP.)