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Pravastatin is a cholesterol lowering drug whose mechanism of action is the inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase. If a patient takes a 40.0 mg dose of pravastatin, what is the concentration of pravastatin
What would a cell have to do to adapt from an aerobic respiratory pathway to an anaerobic one, without making the switch to fermentation?
Explain your ideas and reasoning.Comapre and contrast the role that Ca+ plays in the contraction of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muslce cell contractions.
Pigeons and squirrels on a fairground consume peanuts and french fries. Both foods are essential to both consumers. Squirrels have R* values of 100/acre for peanuts and 80/acre for french fries.
What modifications of the Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model can stabilize predator-prey dynamics, and how/why?
A couple has a son with Klinefelter syndrome, a condition in which an extra copy of the X chromosome is present. This condition also results from nondisjunction.
Why might you expect the locus that governs lactose tolerance/intolerance to not be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
Determine the outlet molar flow rate of biomass
How would you define the blood pressure gradient in the heart?
How does FMS apply to kinesiology and athletic performance? Please explain.
list three interesting facts about E. coli bacteria
DNA replication in early Drosophila embryos occurs about every 5 minutes. The Drosophila genome contains approximately 1.8 X 108 base pairs. Eukaryotic DNA polymerases synthesize DNA at a rate of appr
In the Meselson-Stahl experiment, 15N-labeled cells were shifted to 14N medium at what is designated as generation 0. In subsequent divisions DNA molecules can result that are N15-N15, N15-N14 or N14-
How long is the DNA molecule in micrometers?
For filtration to take place through the fenestrated capillaries of the renal corpuscle, _____.
3’-ACGCTACGTC-5’ 5’-TGCGATGCAG-3’ Required: What is the total number of phosphodiester bonds?
Why does cirrhosis of the liver cause poor fat digestion and reduced absorption of vitamins A, D, E, and K? Why does it not have a similar effect on absorption of vitamin C?
The most common result of natural selection is a selective sweep; the favored allele is swept to fixation while the less favored allele becomes extinct in the population.
The role of positive interactions in structuring plant and animal communities is increasingly recognized, but the generality of current theoretical models has remained practically unexplored in animal
How is Lowry assay different from BCA assay?
Some protocols call for a shorter incubation time for the MR and VP tests. Other protocols allow for up to 10 days incubation with virtually no risk of producing a false positive.
What are the advantages and disadvantages to an organism of receptor adaptation?
Why is it important that the old plasmids will be linearized and that the new, engineered plasmids will remain circular after linker ligation?