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What is the function of enzymes and give an example of one.

Enzymes are biological catalysts - they 'speed up' biological reactions - essentially increasing the rate at which they occur. Pepsin is an enzyme that catalyses the digestion of proteins in the stomach into...
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Describe the structure and function of a chemical synapse.

A synapse acts as a junction between cells - either between neurons, or between a neuron and a muscle or gland cell. Although neurons transmit information via electrical signals, synapses transmit informatio...
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What different forms of RNA are found in a cell and what are their functions?

Messenger RNA, or mRNA , is used to carry or contain the information that DNA contains. DNA is too large to be carried out of the nucleus, so mRNA is used to transport the necessary information to the riboso...
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What are the differences between DNA and RNA?

1. DNA is double-stranded in the form of a double helix, whereas RNA is much more commonly found in single-stranded form. 2. The pentose (5 carbon) sugar found in DNA is deoxyribose, whereas the sugar ribose...
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Describe the process of transcription

Transcription is the process of transcribing the DNA code into another type of code or message - mRNA (messenger RNA). An enzyme called RNA polymerase binds to a specific part of a DNA sequence called the pr...
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