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Imagine DNA Ligase to be like glue. It brings all the molecules of the newly formed DNA or RNA strands together and permanently binds them with a phosphodiester bond, so that they dont just fall apart. It...

Firstly we need to understand the structure of membranes. Cell membranes are made up of phospholipids. These are molecules with a hydrophilic head (it “likes water”) and hydrophobic tail (which “doesn’t l...

The growth and roots and shoots is caused by the plant hormone auxin. Shoots grow towards light, known as phototropism, they also grow upwards against the force of gravity which is known as geotropism. In...

After translation has occured in the nucleus with th DNA, the newly formed single-stranded mRNA molecule travels out of the nucleus via the nuclear pores and travels to the ribosome located in the cytopla...

mitosis is the process by which one cell can divide to generate two genetically identical daughter cells. It allows a population of cells to increase in numbers.

In mitosis the cell initially creat...