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#Question id: 1393


In research on aging (both cellular aging and organismal aging), it has been found that aged cells do not progress through the cell cycle as they had previously. Which of the following, if found in cells or organisms as they age, would provide evidence that this is related to cell signalling?

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
  1. Growth factor ligands do not bind as efficiently to receptors.

  2. Hormone concentrations decrease.

  3. cAMP levels change very frequently.

  4. Enzymatic activity declines.

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

In acidosis, most of the hydrogen ions secreted by the proximal tubule are associated with which of the following processes?

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#Question id: 1380

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following apply to the synthesis of plant cell walls? Please select all that apply.

a) Cellulose microfibrils are formed by cellulose synthase complexes called rosettes

b) Cellulose is synthesized using cytoplasmic ATP-glucose and deposited as microfibrils directly on the outer surface of the plasma membrane.

c) Matrix polysaccharides of plant cell walls are synthesized in the Golgi apparatus and exported to the cell wall by endocytosis.

d) The direction of cellulose microfibril growth is determined by the orientation of arrays of microtubules lying just below the plasma membrane.

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#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Structural proteins that typically assemble into large cables or threads to provide mechanical support to cells or organisms are classified as ________ proteins.

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#Question id: 12527

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Which of the following is the incorrect prediction about ABA translocation in vascular tissue by both the xylem and the phloem?

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#Question id: 594

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The catalytic proficiency of an enzyme is the ________.