1. ATP comes primarily from the breakdown of glucose. If your blood glucose level drops, what physiological symptoms would you exhibit? 2. If cellular respiration were the stock market (you are investing ATP and getting ATP dividends), where would you get the most return on your investment: glycolysis, the Krebs […]

Microbiology Bauman, R.W. (2015). Microbiology with diseases by body system (4th ed.) San Francisco: Pearson Benjamin Cummings. ISBN: 9780321918383 Chapter 13: Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions Characteristics of Viruses 1. Identify the three main types of acellular pathogens. Describe what acellular means. 6. Describe the structure of a […]

Q1. Mrs. Mulligan goes to her dentist and, after having a couple of cavities filled, her dentist strongly suggests that she reduce her intake of sodas and increase her intake of calcium phosphates in the foods she eats. Why give appropriate reasons? Q2. Explain how this experiment demonstrates the scientific […]

(i) If you have a full-length cDNA clone that is a perfect copy of an mRNA species you ought to be able to predict the primary amino acid sequence of a translation product. For a mouse gene how would you do that? (ii) If only one species of mRNA were […]