#*The genome could induce or repress genes in a common pathway simultaneously if the different genes all contained equivalent regulatory sequences in their promotor regions that bound to the same regulatory protein (transcription factor). In this case, the transcription factor would have be specific in that it only would act on genes present in that pathway (or associated processes). If so, genes involved in the same pathway could be regulated by controlling the synthesis of just one protein, regardless of their diverse positions in the genome. | #*The genome could induce or repress genes in a common pathway simultaneously if the different genes all contained equivalent regulatory sequences in their promotor regions that bound to the same regulatory protein (transcription factor). In this case, the transcription factor would have be specific in that it only would act on genes present in that pathway (or associated processes). If so, genes involved in the same pathway could be regulated by controlling the synthesis of just one protein, regardless of their diverse positions in the genome. |