Nurturing Life Sciences
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Transcribed genes are preferentially repaired when DNA damage occurs.
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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
In peptidoglycan the amino acids occur in an alternating pattern of D and L forms
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Racemase is responsible for converting D amino acid into L form.
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Negative charge (due to phosphate) of teichoic acids may play role in cell growth, preventing extensive wall breakdown.
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Outer membrane of gram negative provides barrier to certain antibiotics, lysozyme, detergents, heavy metals, bile salts, etc.
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Mycoplasma’s plasma membrane contains sterols which protect them from lysis.
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Genus Proteus can lose their cell walls and swell into irregular shaped cells called L forms.