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We have lots of lily flowers inside our garden. Their flowers are open in day and closed in night. How do lilies sense day and night and open and close their flowers?
Rous sarcma virus (RSV) carries an oncogene called Src, which encodes an active tyrosine kinase that phosphorylates something else and causes unchecked cell proliferation.
What's the difference between Cytoplasmic pool and Granular storage pool when speaking about neurotransmitters and synaptic cleft.
What would make a mixed culture of 2 organisms appear pure on a streak plate?
Can't we add spores of the specific fungi to specific plant and enjoy the benefit of this association as we would not have to add many fertilizers ?
When the sinuses flare up, it can get very painful. What biological mechanisms cause the congestion and especially the pain associated with sinusitis?
Is there any biological reason why sleeping on one side versus another, or with a head pointed in some direction is beneficial for humans?
If I take my cells and take DNA out of them and insert only a small part of it having a sequence, say, AGTTC, and viral DNA with the same sequence, can my body distinguish between the two?
What is special about pigs that we are using them? Why can't we use monkeys or chimpanzees with whom we share a more recent common ancestor?
Does anyone knows how I can determine the direction of genes?
Are there insects that change their behavior upon detecting the nearby presence of other dead insects? If there are, can you provide an example?
Why does the composition of fat in animals vary? Is there an evolutionary advantage to producing fat that is less or more saturated?
Has it been demonstrated that the memory of human brain is just connections between neurons, not "long" molecules such as RNA or proteins?
Do you think that if we understand what areas of our brain are responsible for doing arithmetical tasks we may one day have the ability to improve someone's calculation skills by non-invasive method
how can we tell the difference between a sound in front of us and a sound behind us if pitch, volume and distance are all the same.
What method would you use to genotype SNPs in low quality samples?
Are venoms more advantageous for snakes and fish, or more expensive or dangerous to produce for the other taxa? Or is it connected to evolutionary history - is venom somehow more 'evolvable' for sna
What would be needed to give an exact molecular weight for phosphatidyl choline and sphingomyelin ? What is the trigger for DNA to produce proteins or RNA?
Can the lipid-soluble hormones (like steroid hormones) go inside every cell, as their particular receptors are located in the cytoplasm or nucleus of the target cells?
Has it ever been reported that the CI or Mnt repressor exhibit crosstalk on the pR and Pmnt promoters?
In cancer cells, the cancer cell have produce some unknown protein, so why antibody cannot detect that molecule and kill them?
What are the biological mechanisms that cause leaves of deciduous plants to change colour? What happens to the chlorophyll?
What difference would you expect between E. Coli and H. Sapiens in terms of the number of genes in each genome that are devoted to membrane transporters?
What distinguishes DNA as a hallmark of programmed cell death, versus one of necrosis?
I have seen a paper in which deuterated water was used to follow dividing cells. The assumption was that deuterated water will be incorporated into newly synthesized DNA molecules.