Which of the following best describes the concept of specificity in sensory nerve fibers that transmit only one modality of sensation?

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Tumor-suppressor genes encode proteins with which of the following functions?

a. growth-promoting               b. growth-arresting                  c. pro-apoptotic

d. anti-apoptotic                      e. DNA repair

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The region of a motor protein that interacts with the motor’s cellular cargo is the:

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#Question id: 2830

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The NtrC protein from E. coli

a. is a σ54 RNA polymerase.             

b. stimulates transcription of the glnA gene.

c. is activated by a protein kinase called NtrB.

d. binds both to an enhancer site upstream of the glnA gene and to RNA polymerase.

e. has ATPase activity.

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#Question id: 12100

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Prairie dogs once covered the expanses of the Great Plains. Their grazing made the grass more nutritious for the huge herds of bison, and a variety of snakes, raptors, and mammals   preyed on the rodents. In fact, the black- footed ferret (now endangered) specialized in prairie dog predation. Today, growing housing and agricultural developments have covered many prairie dog towns. Which of the following statements about prairie dogs is true?

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#Question id: 3450

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

This behavior, in which individual members of a species maintain exclusive use of an area that contains some limiting resource, such as foraging ground, food, or potential mates, is called