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Describe how muscle cells contract

An action potential depolarises the sarcoma and depolarisation travels down the T-tubules to the sarcoplasmic reticulum, which releases Ca2+ (calcium ions) to the sarcoplasm. Ca2+ ca...

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Answered by Maria S. Biology tutor
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Describe the process of ultrafiltration in the Kidneys.

Ultrafiltration occurs in the nephron, the functional unit of the kidney. Blood enters a coiled network of vessels called the glomerulus from the afferent arteriole at a high hydrostatic pressure. The glo...

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Describe the structure of globular proteins.

There are 4 levels of structure associated with a globular protein; primary, secondary, tertiary and quarternary. The primary structure is the organisation of amino acids, bonded by peptide bonds. The sec...

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Answered by Charlie K. Biology tutor
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Explain eutrophication.

How I would explain to the student:pollution of streams and rivers because of fertiliser use, open sewers into water courseexcess nutrients get washed up in water courseplants flourish using these mineral...

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Explain the post-transcriptional changes that occur in mRNA before translation.

After DNA has been transcribed into mRNA but before is it is translated into it's polypeptide amino acid chain, post-transcriptional changes take place.DNA, and therefore its corresponding mRNA are made u...

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Answered by Ellen C. Biology tutor
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