The lack of an ordered structure can facilitate a kind of functional promiscuity, allowing one protein to interact with multiple partners. Some intrinsically disordered proteins act to inhibit the action of other proteins by an unusual mechanism: wrapping around their protein targets.

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

Forward light scattering detect shape and side scattering detects granularity and complexity of the cell

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Most Polycomb proteins are subunits of one of two classes of multiprotein Polycomb repressive complexes: PRC1 and PRC2.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The Uvr system makes incisions -12 bases apart on both sides of damaged DNA, removes the DNA between them, and resynthesizes new DNA.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Each classical cadherin molecule contains: 

A single transmembrane domain

A relatively short C-terminal cytosolic domain

Five extracellular “cadherin” domains (called EC1–EC5)