Using correct terminology, describe what would happen to a red blood cell placed in a solution of

0.5% sodium chloride. What will be an ideal response?


A red blood cell placed in a solution of 0.5% sodium chloride.would gain water and eventually burst.
The red blood cell is hypertonic to the solution of 0.5% sodium chloride,

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The primary reason steroid hormones usually act slowly is that _____

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The bacterium Brucella abortus imports and uses the unusual sugar erythritol. The concentration of erythritol within the B. abortus cell is 10 mM, but the external erythritol concentration is much lower at 0.20 mM

What is the energy requirement (?G inward in kcal/mol) for the inward transport of erythritol at 37°C under these conditions? What will be an ideal response?

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Name the constituent parts of a nucleoside and a nucleotide

What will be an ideal response?

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