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Describe the stages of Transcription

Transcription is the process where RNA is copied from DNA. DNA is a made up of two strands which makes a double helix. In order for transcription to occur, the two DNA strands must come apart. The DNA strand...
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Describe the process of DNA replication.

An enzyme called DNA helices breaks the hydrogen bonds between the bases on two polynucleotide strands of DNA, forming two single strands. Each original strand acts as a template for a new strand. Complement...
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Explain what are the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures of a protein

The primary structure is the sequence of amino acids. It defines the role of the protein as all the other structures are based off of it. The secondary structure dictates whether the protein is folded into a...
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What are the different steps of aerobic respiration?

Respiration can be broken down into four main stages: glycolysis, the link reaction, the Krebs cycle (or citric acid cycle), and the electron transport chain. Glycolysis is the process through which glucose ...
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Why does anaerobic respiration have a lower ATP yield than aerobic respiration? (4 marks)

During anaerobic respiration only glycolysis can occur as oxygen is not present to act as the final electron acceptor in oxidative phosphorylation, therefore only substrate level phosphorylation can occur. I...
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