#Question id: 6977
#Unit 5. Developmental Biology
Cartilage (bone-forming tissue) and connective tissue of the vertebrate limb form from:
#Question id: 26473
#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
rut sites are
#Question id: 12960
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
The Norway rat (Rattus Norvegicus), a widespread pest, was controlled for about a decade by the anticoagulant warfarin. This chemical substance, placed in food pellets, is absorbed by the intestinal tract and inhibits the clotting of blood. After a population decline for about 10 years, rat populations increased and stabilized. In one European population, as illustrated in the graph below, the percentage of rats resistant to warfarin has remained fairly stable over a number of years.
Resistance to warfarin is governed by a dominant autosomal gene, R. More than 15 percent of the resistant animals are heterozygous at this locus (Rr). The table below indicates the response to warfarin and relative reproductive fitness of individuals that are homozygous or heterozygous for the dominant gene (R). The RR individuals have a 20-fold increase in vitamin K requirement over individuals.
#Question id: 4360
#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
Which of the following functions are characteristic of general transcription factors in eukaryotes?
#Question id: 1257
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
Following statements are regarding to protein kinase A which phosphorylates multiple intracellular target proteins expressed in different cell types.
A. Inactive PKA is a tetramer consisting of two regulatory (R) subunits and two catalytic (C) subunits.
B. Each R subunit contains a pseudo-substrate domain whose sequence resembles that of a peptide substrate and binds to the active site in the catalytic domain but is not phosphorylated; thus the pseudo-substrate domain inhibits the activity of the catalytic subunits.
C. active PKA is turned off by binding of cAMP Each R subunit has two distinct cAMP-binding sites, called CNB-A and CNB-B.
D. Binding of cAMP by an R subunit of PKA occurs in a cooperative fashion; that is, binding of the first cAMP molecule to CNB-B increases the Kd for binding of the second cAMP to CNB-A. Thus small changes in the level of cytosolic cAMP can cause proportionately large changes in the number of dissociated C subunits and, hence, in cellular kinase activity.
Which of the following statements are incorrect?