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Competative inhibitors bind with the enzyme at the active site, blocking the substrate from binding and therefor preventing the substrate from binding and forming enzyme substrate complexes. Therefor if y...

Changing one DNA base will alter one triplet in the DNA code. As each triplet codes for an amino acid this may result in a change to the primary structure of the protein produced. If the changed amino aci...

Proteins have a primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure. The primary structure comprises of the specific sequence of amino acids which are held together by peptide bonds. The secondary struc...

There are differnet ways that substances can move across a cell surface; simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis or active transport. Most substances can move across the cell membrane via simple ...

Succession initiates in regions where there are very harsh conditions and so no organisms are able to survive (therefore little biodiveristy);

-a pioneer species with good adaptaions are able to su...