Antimicrobial peptides generally are cysteine-rich, cationic, and amphipathic. 

Because of their positive charge and amphipathic nature, they interact with acidic phospholipids in lipid bilayers, forming pores and disrupting the membranes of bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses.

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#XL - T Zoology

Dollo’s law:  A biological generalization positing that complex characters, once lost in evolution, are extremely unlikely to reappear and thus the loss of complex characters is virtually always irreversible.

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#XL - Q Biochemistry

T-Cell - Cells leaving the thymus are functional, mature T cells expressing unique and specific T-cell receptors (TCRs) that are both tolerant to self and restricted to self-MHC.

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#XL - T Zoology

Adaptation has costly side effects

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#XL - T Zoology

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor is coupled to a Gαi protein.

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#XL - T Zoology

Pertussis toxin, produced by Bordetella pertussis, catalyzes ADP-ribosylation of the  subunit of Gαi, preventing GDP-GTP exchange and blocking inhibition of adenylyl cyclase.