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DNA is the medium which encodes the information that makes an organism what it is. DNA usually forms a double stranded structure and encodes genes and other regulatory elements. 

RNA can a...

Ribosomes translate (read) messenger RNA to produce specific polypeptide chains (proteins). 

The Ribosome itself is made up rRNA which forms the structures which re...

DNA is wrapped around proteins called histones, to form nucleosomes. Each nucleosome is a histone octomer composed of (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) subunits with a 1.65 helical turn of 147 nucleotide bases. N...

What are the maxima and minima?
The maxima of a function f(x) are all the points on the graph of the function which are 'local maximums'.

A point where x=a is a local max...

When vaccine is given small amounts of the dead or inactive pathogen are inserted in to the blood, this activates the body's white blood cells which then produce antibodies. These antibodies destroy the d...