Lab Assignment Applied Lab Project Addresses course outcomes 1-4: • recognize and explain how the scientific method is used to solve problems• make observations and discriminate between scientific and pseudoscientific explanations• weigh evidence and make decisions based on strengths and limitations of scientific knowledge and the scientific method• use knowledge […]

Rifamycin and actinomycin D are two antibiotics derived from the bacterium Streptomyces. Rifamycin binds to the b subunit of E. coli RNA polymerase and interferes with the formation of the first phosphodiester bond in the RNA chain. Actinomycin D bind to double stranded DNA by intercalation (slipping in between neighboring […]

1) Explain how a metabolic pathway can contain an energetically unfavorable reaction yet still occur. 2) What general factors contribute to the high phosphoryl-transfer potential of ATP? 3) Compare ATP to acetyl CoA. 4) What is the relationship between the energy charge of a cell and control of the ATP-generating […]

1. Alice, a 16 year old girl, dislikes seafood right from her childhood. This enduring dislike for seafood is an attitude that she cultured from her mother. Which of the following is the attitude object in this case? a. Alice’s mother b. Alice c. Seafood d. Alice’s childhood 2. Patrick […]