A genetic study performed on a 10-year-old boy reveals a single base substitution mutation involving a DNA segment that encodes a cellular protein, as shown in the image below. This mutation is most likely to affect which of the following processes?

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A genetic study performed on a 10-year-old boy reveals a single base substitution mutation involving a DNA segment that encodes a cellular protein, as shown in the image below.  This mutation is most likely to affect which of the following processes?

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Eductional Objective: The TATA box is a promoter region that binds transcription factors and RNA polymerase II during the initiation of transcription.  It is located approximately 25 bases upstream from the beginning of the coding region.

A Genetic Study Performed on a 10-Year-Old Boy Reveals a Single