MutS has an ATPase activity that is required for mismatch repair, in Escherichia coli, mismatches are detected by a dimer of the mismatch repair protein MutS.

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

In case of nested PCR, the inner primers have a lower annealing temperature than that of the outer pair. For the initial several cycles of PCR the higher denaturation and annealing temperatures are used; as a result, only the outer pair of primer is able to prime amplification. 

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

PHYA is the only gene that encodes a Type I phytochrome and predominantly perceives far-red light.

Phytochrome B predominantly perceives red light

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Density-independent factors limit population size regardless of the population’s density.

Common density-independent factors include natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and fires.

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

PTS1 signals are recognized by the peroxin Pex5 receptor

PTS2 signals are recognized by the peroxin Pex7 receptor

Neither targeting sequence is cleaved after import.

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology