The translocon was first identified through mutations in the yeast gene encoding a protein called Sec61α

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

During anaphase, when cyclin B-CDK1 activity is extinguished but Aurora and Polo kinases are still active, Aurora B phosphorylates MKLP1 and displaces the 14-3-3, allowing compact the spindle midzone.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

To identify DNA that is in the process of replicating, DNA derived from dividing cells is first cut with a restriction enzyme and separated on a 2D agarose gel.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Receptors that bind complement components

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Adaptive introgression

When the incorporation of a foreign variant leads to an increase of the fitness of the recipient pool.

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

The current record holder is the gene Dscam in Drosophila. Alternative splicing of its 95 exons could potentially produce more than 38,000 kinds of proteins from this single gene.