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An action potential is the signal neurons use to communicate with each other. It is caused by the rapid opening of sodium channels and influx of sodium ions. Because at rest the inside of the neuron is ne...

As there are 2 bases which are deleted a frameshift will occur at the site of the mutation. This means that all other amino acids coded for by the genes after the point of mutation will be different. This...

combines CO 2 with { ribulose bisphosphate / RuBP }
two molecules of { glycerate 3-phosphate / GP }

RUBISCO is important for the Calvin Cycle because:

It is an enzyme SO it lowers the ...

ATP is bound to the myosin head to cause detachment of the head from the actin filament, the ATP is then hydrolysed and as a result the myosin head reattaches to the actin filament. The now hydrolysed ATP...

Most water reabsorption takes place in the proximal convoluted tubules, part of the nephrons in the kidney. Water is reabsorbed by a process called osmosis; the diffusion of water from an area of high wat...