Question 1. A nurse practitioner student is familiarizing herself with the overnight admissions to an acute medical unit of a university hospital. Which of the following patients would the student recognize as being least likely to have a diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome in his or her medical history? A 66-year-old […]

1. Cofilin is an actin binding protein that severs actin filaments. Katanin is an ATPase that binds to microtubules and severs them. In class, we discussed how acute activation of cofilin inside cells triggers a burst of actin polymerization off the newly created filament (+) ends. In contrast, activating katanin […]

1. Which part of the lac operon is cis-dominant? 2.Which proteins facilitate RNA polymerase binding at promoters? 3. Which protein complex directs DNA bending into loops that contact RNA polymerase and transcription factors bound at the core promoter or with protein complexes bound to proximal promoter elements? 4.Which protein complex […]

To be legally drunk in Florida is having a blood alachol level (BAL) of 0.08. For a 140 lb individual, this is approximately 3 drinks (=3 beers) within one hour. Blood alcohol level drops about 0.01 BAL every 45 minutes. How many drinks can a 100 lb individual drink within […]