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MUC2 is the predominant component of the colonic mucus layer function as its structural skeleton. It is a macromolecular glycoprotein comprising more than 5,000 amino acids, and its protein skeleton is synthesized in ribosomes. MUC2 is composed of the following conserved domain structures: a D’ ...
” the “voltage and current clamp,” and a “data acquisition system.” The Ussing chamber allows researchers to place tissue in solution-filled compartments, where electrodes can be installed to measure voltage and pass current through the tissue. The voltage current...
a. What molecular group do protein kinases help transfer to proteins? b. What effect does this have on the protein? The Na+/K+ pump transports in which directions and what amounts per molecule ATP hydrolyzed? What is the structure of a virus that...
What is the effect of the mutations that cause Huntington's disease on the structure of the protein? What genetic diseases do humans no longer have? When genes are linked, something does not occur. What is that? Explain the distinction between an inherited and a genetic disease. How do chem...
A nonsense mutation is the substitution of a single base pairthat leads to the appearance of a stop codon where previously there was a codon specifying an amino acid. The presence of this premature stop codon results in the production of a shortened, and likely nonfunctional, protein. ...
The potential therapeutic benefit of upregulating Na,K-ATPase and CFTR channels in the lung as well as the delivery of KGF and HO-1 to the lung have already been discussed. All four systems have been explored in the context of gene therapy for ALI. Adenovirus-mediated transfer of Na,K-...
Traits that display a continuous distribution, such as height or skin color, arepolygenic. The inheritance of polygenic traits does not show the phenotypic ratios characteristic of Mendelian inheritance, though each of the genes contributing to the trait is inherited as described by Gregor Mendel. ...
Why does the defective protein cause the disease and the symptoms? Another protein called SCNN1a is similar to the cystic fibrosis protein. What is its role. Why do children with cystic fibrosis have a salty sweat? What are the different diseases associated with blood disorders...
In studying the Central Dogma and the nucleic acid molecules DNA and RNA, we encounter the term codons. Codon is important in the translation process (conversion of mRNA to protein). A codon in the mRNA molecule corresponds to one specific amino acid using the genetic code ...