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DNA or DeoxyriboNucleic Acid, is a nucleic acid made of two polynulcleotide strands (double stranded). These polynucleotide strands consist of a phosphate group, five-carbon sugar (stable 2-deoxyribose...

There are two types of enzyme inhibition: competitive and non-competitive. 

Competitive inhibition:
This occurs when an enzyme's active site is filled by an inhibit...

At a neuromuscular junction, an impulse arrives, causing Ca²⁺ to be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of your muscle cell (a system of membrane bound organelles around m...

The cardiac cycle consists of two phases, diastole and systole.

Diastole is when the heart is relaxing, allowing blood to flow into the chambers from the vena cava on the right side and t...

PCR stands for polymerase chain reaction. It is a technique used very commonly in molecular biology. It is a way of replicating one strand of DNA into many copies that can then be studied. The components ...