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Recent studies hаve shоwn thаt mutаtiоn in the transcriptiоn factor HNF4a can lead to a form of Type II Diabetes known as MODY1 (mature onset diabetes of the young type 1). One known target of HNF4a is the gene for HNF1a, another transcription factor known to regulate lipid metabolism. Mutations in HNF1a lead to another form of type II diabetes, MODY type 3. Researchers hypothesized that the mutations in HNF4a may lead to an inability to bind to the promoter region of HNF1a and active transcription and that the absence of HNF1a may result in the dysregulation of lipid metabolism and to the different forms of MODY. In order to test this hypothesis, researchers performed an electromobility shift assay (EMSA). The HNF4a gene was cloned from normal individual and two patients with different HNF4a mutations, the proteins were expressed and purified. Each sample was incubated with a P32-labeled oligonucleotide that contained the HNF1a gene sequence for the HNF4a binding site. Each sample was run on a polyacrylamide gel and the P32-labeled samples were detected by autoradiography. You can assume that all the controls are correct and that all steps of the procedures were performed accurately. The results are described below: All lanes contain a labeled DNA fragment containing the wild type binding site for HNF4-alpha from the HNF1-alpha gene. Lane 1 - no protein was added. There is a labeled fragment is at the bottom of the gel. Lane 2 - Wild type HNF4-alpha was added. There is a labeled fragment at the bottom of the gel (same as lane 1) but also a fragment at about the middle of the gel. Lane 3 - Wild type HNF4-alpha plus HNF4-alpha antibody were added. There is a labeled fragment at the bottom of the gel (same as lane 1) but also a fragment at the top of the gel. Lane 4 - Mutation 1 HNF4-alpha was added. There is a labeled fragment is at the bottom of the gel. Lane 5 - Mutation 2 HNF4-alpha was added. There is a labeled fragment at the bottom of the gel (same as lane 4) but also a fragment at about the middle of the gel. Use the information provided to answer the next three questions.