A certain bacterial mRNA is known to represent only one gene and to contain about 800 nucleotides.  If you assume that the average amino acid residue contributes 110 to the peptide molecular weight, the largest polypeptide that this mRNA could code for would have a molecular weight of about:

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To which category of proteins listed below are NCAM and VCAM most closely related?

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In going from the apical to the basal end of an epithelial cell, in what order do the various cell surface junctions appear?

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Which of the following statements best describes the difference between low-affinity integrins and high-affinity integrins?

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 Why has C. elegans proven to be a useful model for understanding apoptosis?

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Which of the following statements describes the events of apoptosis?

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If an adult person has a faulty version of the human analog to ced-4 of the nematode, which of the following is most likely to result?