When you look around at the world, you can see many examples that demonstrate how an object’s or a system’s structure relates to its function. The structure of a highway system, for example, can affect traffic flow. You can, no doubt, think of many other examples. In this Discussion Board […]

Question: From each of the cell types -(Bacteria, Protist and the Plant Cell) select ONE structure from each cell that you think has a function that is affected by its location and explain why you think it is affected by its location. You must select a different structure from each cell […]

There are three main types of coat protein associated with transport vesicles. What is the general purpose of these coat proteins? and where would each of the three types be found in the exocytotic and endocytic pathways of the cell Describe the mechanisms by which a transport vesicle is able […]

Cells of the adrenal gland and cells in the ovaries produce cortisol and estrogen respectively, staring with the same initial substrate. Both types of cells produce the intermediate compound progesterone. In the adrenal gland, progesterone is converted directly to cortisol. In contrast the cells of the ovaries do not convert […]