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Prions are certain proteins naturally occuring in organisms that have assumed wrong conformation during folding. This misfolded structure is highly infectious - if it comes into contact with healthy versi...

A phototropism is the growth of a plant in response to light. This is mediated by auxins such as IAA (Indoleacetic acid). This is released in the tips and shoots of flowering plants. In response to light ...

ROUTE: when an action potential arrives at the neuromuscular junction, Calcium ions are released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum, into the sarcoplasm, wh...

Phagocytosis occurs:The Macrophage surrounds and envelops the pathogen with pseudopodia The pseudopodia envelops the bacteria completely forming a vesicle, called a phagosomephagosome is fused with a lyso...

Prophase [1 mark] nuclear membrane breaks down [1 mark] chromosomes condense [1 mark] Metaphase [ 1 mark] chromosomes are lined up [ 1 mark] along the cell's equator [1 mark]Anaphase [1 mark] one set of c...