pri-miRNA is processed in a two-step reaction

The first step is catalyzed by Drosha, an RNase III superfamily member endonuclease, in the nucleus. Drosha reduces the pri-RNA to about a 70-bp, hairpin-shaped precursor fragment, pre-miRNA

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

FG-nucleoporins, the central channel of the NPC filled with a fluidlike phase that allows the diffusion of small molecules while excluding unchaperoned hydrophilic proteins larger than 40 kDa.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

In the recessive mutant of Antennapedia, the gene fails to be expressed in the second thoracic segment, and antennae sprout in the leg positions

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Plasma membrane GLUT4 allows the cell to incorporate glucose from the ECF

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The gene that encodes the MYB-related protein is therefore probably a primary response gene, and the LHCB gene itself is probably a secondary response gene.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Growth rate of the prey in the presence of predators