The DNA-binding domain occupies residues 1–59. It contains two a-helices separated by a turn. This is a common DNA-binding motif known as the HTH (helix-turn-helix); the two a-helices fit into the major groove of DNA

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#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Females are more related to their sisters (0.75) than they would be to their own offspring (0.50).

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Tubular reabsorption is quantitatively large & highly selective.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The trp operon is controlled by repression and attenuation, providing a two-stage response to progressively more stringent tryptophan starvation. But attenuation alone can provide robust regulation: other amino acid operons such as leu and his rely entirely on attenuation for their control. In the case of the leucine operon, its leader peptide has four adjacent leucine codons, and the histidine operon leader peptide has seven histidine codons in a row.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

DNA polymerase a is unusual because it has the ability to initiate a new strand. It is used to initiate both the leading and lagging strands. 

The enzyme exists as a complex consisting of a 180-kD catalytic (DNA polymerase) subunit, which is associated with three other subunits: the B subunit that appears necessary for assembly, and two small subunits that provide the primase (RNA polymerase) activity.  It has dual capacity to prime and extend chains, this complex is often called pol a/primase.