Nurturing Life Sciences
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The original template sequence will also be copied during the second and all subsequent cycles to generate the 'long product'. Therefore, the long product continues to increase linearly, while the 'correct PCR' product will multiply exponentially.
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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
Blood consists of a protein-rich fluid known as plasma, in which suspended cellular elements are: white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.
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The plasma proteins are also responsible for 15% of the buffering capacity of the blood because of the weak ionization of their substituent COOH and NH2 groups.
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Plasma proteins have: Specific functions
(antibodies & blood clotting proteins)
Nonspecific functions (carriers for various hormones, solutes, and drugs)