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What is the process of phagocytosis

Phagocytosis is the non-specific engulfing and destroying of a pathogen by white blood cells known as phagocytes. On detecting foreign chemicals produced by a pathogen known as cytokines, the phagocyte will ...
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What is ATP and a DNA nucleotide and what is the difference between the two?

ATP (standing for adenosine triphosphate) and a DNA nucleotide are both examples of nucleotides. Nucleotides are the building blocks for nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA. DNA nucleotides make up DNA, as sh...
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How does phagocytosis work?

The phagocyte will be attracted to a pathogen and move to it via chemotaxis. The phagocyte then engulfs the pathogen. Once the pathogen is inside the phagocyte, it is enclosed in a phagosome (essentially a b...
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Why is the tertiary structure of an enzyme essential to its function?

Firstly, explain what tertiary structure means - the overall 3D structure of a polypeptide chain This 3D shape is essential to enzyme function (aka catalysing biological reactions), as this shape will determ...
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What's the difference between genetic code, genetic material and genetic information?

Genetic code is a set of rules which lead to a translation of information kept in the sequence of DNA on to the sequence of proteins. Genetic code is based on the three-base long codons which code for differ...
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