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Regarding muscles and movement, what is the concept of the sliding filament mechanism?

Inside the sarcomere, the myosin filament and actin filament slide over eachother making the sarcomere shorter- at rest there is no cross bridge, actin and myosin are apart, ADP + Pi are bound to myosin- ...

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Answered by Victoria T. Biology tutor
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What is allostery and what are the differences between competitive and non competitive inhibitors?

Enzymes have an active site and allosteric sites. Allosteric sites regulate the activity of the enzyme.An allosteric enzyme could be- an allosteric activator which binds and stabilises the active form of ...

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Describe the electrical activity of the heart.

The heart is known as myogenic and can beat of its own accord, and this is tightly controlled to ensure the optimum blood flow through the heart to deliver oxygen to the rest of the body. 

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Answered by Ben B. Biology tutor
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Explain the process of transcription in Eukaryotes

Transcription is the process by which a DNA sequence is copied into a complementary RNA sequence. RNA polymerase binds to the promoter region of the DNA chain and causes the unwinding and separation of...

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Explain the process of synaptic transmission

The synapse is the junction between two neurons. When an action potential reaches the synaptic knob of a neuron, voltage-gate calcium channels are opened, causing an influx of positively charged calciu...

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