In BER,  DNA polymerase I initiates repair synthesis from the free 3’ hydroxyl at the nick, removing (with its 5’-3’ exonuclease activity) and replacing a portion of the damaged strand. 

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Depolarization in myelinated axons travels from one node of Ranvier to the next, this “jumping” of depolarization from node to node is called

saltatory conduction

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Indian hedgehog is expressed in the gut and cartilage and is important in postnatal bone growth

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Notum, a hydrolase that associates with glypican and then cleaves off Wnt’s attached lipids in a process of deacylation or delipidation.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Mutations of the maternal pie-1 gene result in germline blastomeres adopting somatic fates, with the P2 cell behaving similarly to a wild-type EMS blastomere.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Polar bears and seals have multiple layers of fat, plumage, or fur to keep warm.

Arctic birds often have thick layers of feathers.