In bacterial synthesis of polysaccharides, such as starch and glycogen, glucose is donated to the end of the growing chain by ADP-glucose. A similar reaction occurs in bacterial branching of phospholipids when phosphatidic acid is attached to a ________.

A. cytidine diphosphate carrier
B. dihydroxyacetone phosphate
C. fatty acyl-ATP
D. acetyl-CoA


Answer: A

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For a tissue or an organ to function as a unit, _____

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Based on the literature, you hypothesize that students in traditional biology lectures will have the same grades as students in online biology lectures. You decide to test your hypothesis by comparing grades of students in traditional and online biology lectures over a semester. As a result of the experiment, you observe that the grades in the traditional lectures and the grades in the online

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Which of the following metabolize waste in both plant and animal cells?

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