Biology Flashcards

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Velocity of blood flow is slower in capillaries than arteries

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this is b/c of the increase of cross sectional area in capillaries when compared to area of arteries

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Can genes from somatic cells & Cancer cells be inherited?

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NO

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Chaperone proteins

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facilitates proper protein folding and inhibits the formation of nonfunctional protein aggregates

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adhesion proteins

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bind with other cells or the extracelluular matrix

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clathrin

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formation of vesicles for intracell trafficking, not protein folding

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enzyme

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catalyst of specific biochem rxns

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7
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signal sequence

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mature RNA contain this; in 5’ region of mRNA and will signal ribosome that translation needs to be continued in the RER

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nuclear localization signal

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sequence that tags the protein for it to be transported into the nucleus

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endomembrane system

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portion of a cell that is in charge of modifying proteins that will be secreted

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10
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Diabetes causes….

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an increase in appetite

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