Drinking purely distilled water can lead to cells becoming:
Answer: Lysed
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In general, a signal transmitted via phosphorylation of a series of proteins _____
A) results in a conformational change to each protein B) requires binding of a hormone to an intracellular receptor C) activates a transcription event D) generates ATP in the process of signal transduction E) occurs within the outer plasma membrane
The five-carbon molecule that atmospheric CO2 is attached to during carbon fixation is ________
a. ribulose bisphosphate b. phosphoglycerate c. glucose d. phosphoglyceraldehyde
The maximum number of individuals of a species that a given environment can sustain indefinitely defines ____
a. the carrying capacity of the environment b. exponential growth c. the doubling time of a population d. density-independent factors e. density independent factors
You are working in the field with your favorite bacteria species, Bacterium BB. You carry out some experiments with Bacterium BB, and find that it can now degrade toluene and it is pathogenic! What happened?
A. Bacterium BB was transformed with a resistance plasmid and a digestive plasmid. B. Bacterium BB acquired degradative and virulence plasmids by horizontal gene transfer. C. Bacterium BB was exposed to a bacteriophage which is now in its lytic phase. D. Bacterium BB sexually reproduced with another strain of bacteria that had both toluene-degrading gene and virulence gene. E. Bacterium BB picked up fertility and Col-plasmids via conjugation.