5. Gene Regulation
Enhancers — Quiz
Test your understanding of enhancers with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Shadow enhancers are best defined as:
Question 2
Which protein complex pair is primarily responsible for mediating enhancer–promoter chromatin looping?
Question 3
Which technique combines chromatin immunoprecipitation of a specific histone mark with proximity ligation to map enhancer–promoter interactions genome-wide?
Question 4
In CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) systems using dCas9–p300 fusion, which histone modification is deposited at target enhancers to enhance gene transcription?
Question 5
Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) most commonly facilitate enhancer function by: