Pseudogenes arise from the action of an enzyme called reverse transcriptase

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

E1’s ion-binding sites are exposed to the cytoplasm, and it has high affinity for Na+ but low affinity for K+

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

There are two major types of glial cells in the vertebrate nervous system:

Microglia

Macroglia

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Light-triggered closing of the cGMP-gated cation

channels causes a drop in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration inside the rod cell.

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The hyperpolarization of rod cells:

  Reduces the release of glutamate

  Generates a signal in the bipolar cells

  Leads to AP in ganglion cells 

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Cholera toxin, secreted by Vibrio cholerae in the intestine of an infected person, is a heterodimeric protein (AB).