Palmitic acid is synthesized in vitro with purified substrates and fatty acid synthase. (If you use standard carbon numbering for fatty acids there is no need to draw the structure of palmitic acid in your answers). a. If [2-14C]acetyl-CoA is supplied (14CH3-CO-S-CoA), how many carbon(s) in palmitate will be 14C-labeled […]

A pregnant woman comes to you and asks which is better — breastfeeding or formula feeding. Write a paragraph outlining your decision and provide advantages and disadvantages to both. Five months after the birth of the baby, the same mother wants to start feeding her child table food and comes […]

1. Why are infections of the upper respiratory tract milder as compared to the infections of the lower respiratory tract? 2. Explain the difference between necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis and necrotizing ulcerative peridonitis. 3. Why is cranberry juice used to prevent urinary tract infections caused by E.Coli? 4. Explain the causes […]

Q1. Homologs that are heterozygous for an inversion have difficulties pairing in meiosis. Throughout pairing homologous regions associate with one another. As a result individual heterozygous for an inversion will form a structure known as an inversion loop. What is consequence of a crossover within this inverted region? Q2. Will […]