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Activated carrier molecules and their relationship to enzymes

I am reading Molecular Biology of the Cell, and one thing I don't quite get is the difference between an enzyme and an activated carrier molecule. I...

Asked on 08/22/2021

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My dog and I are wondering: is this a biting midge, or another bug?

A week or two ago, my dog started scratching, and it only increased. Not long after, I started getting bit by something that itches something awful. I thought it was...

Asked on 08/22/2021 by Brindle Cruncher

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What author citation and abbreviation does (would) a monarch or a crown prince get after publishing a new taxon name?

Even though taxonomic rules appear to be silent about this (I've checked ICN Art. 46 and ICZN Art. 51), author citations, as well as abbreviations, are usually based on a...

Asked on 08/22/2021 by ain92

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Book recommendation: protocols and recipes handbook for molecular biology / biochemistry

I'm a 5th-year PhD student in chemical biology. I've mostly been doing computational work, so my bench skills are rusty. To help me, I'd like a handbook of common techniques...

Asked on 08/22/2021 by Douglas Myers-Turnbull

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What is the word for a group of genes inherited together?

I know the words haplotype and haplogroup, as well as genetic linkage, but... I recently came across a new phrase describing genes which tend to be inherited as a group,...

Asked on 08/22/2021

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What is the typical arrangement of amplified genes in archaea genome?

I have to check if some genes are amplified with bioinformatics tools, but, in order to do it, I need to know what this means from a biological point of...

Asked on 08/19/2021

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Humans best at long distance running: purely physiological or is it a function also of ability to pace?

I have read that although certainly other land animals are much faster over short distances, a human can run down any other animal over time, so that if a human...

Asked on 08/18/2021

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What is the difference between muscle contracture and muscle rigor

My text says muscle contracture is a state of sustained muscle contraction due to depletion of energy. And muscle rigor is the stiffening of muscles when they're depleted of energy....

Asked on 08/18/2021

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Why do viruses last longer on hard surfaces, like glass, than porous ones

All the papers I've read about survival of viruses outside of the host refer to longer survival times on hard surfaces without explaination. As a layman I would have thought...

Asked on 08/16/2021 by Isaacson

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What is the modern state of the theory of evolution?

When I studied biology at my medical school, we used to learn topics around a century old: the famous Darwin's voyage on "Beagle" to the Galapagos Islands, the classical triad...

Asked on 08/15/2021 by Alexander Galkin

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