ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME

These individuals have female external sexual characteristics. Vagina ends blindly and that the uterus, oviducts, and ovaries are absent.

 Inside the abdominal cavity, a pair of testes produce levels of testosterone normally seen in males. 

Woman with androgen-insensitivity syndrome contain an X and a Y chromosome. 

Testosterone bind to an androgen receptor. This receptor is defective in females with androgen-insensitivity syndrome.

The gene for the androgen receptor is located on the X chromosome

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Zona glomerulosa cells capable of secreting significant amounts of aldosterone because they contain the enzyme aldosterone synthase

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

All Class I enzymes aminoacylate their bound tRNA’s 3′-terminal 2′-OH group, whereas Class II enzymes charge the 3′-OH group.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Trx have common tertiary structure called the thioredoxin fold, which consists of five antiparallel beta sheets sandwiched between three alpha helices.

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The key to the action of vasopressin on the collecting ducts is aquaporin-2 & stored in vesicles in the cytoplasm of principal cells