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We did a lab experiment where we compared the amount of protein in apoptotic and normal cells. Im trying to write my discussion but don’t know if we would expect to find more protein in the apoptotic cells or the normal cells. I have asked this question to my professor […]

The condition “xeroderma pigmentosum” is characterized by high rates of skin cancers like malignant melanoma. It is caused by mutations in any of several genes that encode enzymes that participate in:     scanning DNA for aberrant structures such as bulges resulting from thymine dimers.     strand-invasion during homologous […]

Most biological energy here on Earth can be traced back to one single source: the sun. Plants and blue-green algae use photosynthesis to trap the electromagnetic wave energy generated by the sun, transforming it into chemical energy in the form of food for themselves and for other creatures that eat […]

While studying the Michaelis – Menton kinetics of enzymes in the TCA cycle, the synthetic hydrocarbon malonate was shown to act as a competitive inhibitor of one of the enzymes. At first, the identity of the inhibited enzyme was unknown but further tests revealed that this inhibited TCA enzyme was […]