When extreme temperature changes a protein's shape so much that it can no longer perform its usual function, that change is known as ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
denaturation
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Which of the following is true of myosin molecules?
A) They make up the thin filaments. B) They interact with the thick filaments. C) They have a core of nebulin. D) All of the answers are correct. E) They form the globular heads called cross-bridges.
A stanchion holds a cow still and prevents it from kicking
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The Lake Eyre dragon (Ctenophorus maculosus) is an agamid lizard that lives only on the barren, vegetation-free, salt crust of several dry lake basins in South Australia
The lizards burrow into moist sediment beneath the crust to escape the extreme heat of midday, and they feed on insects and plant debris that blows onto the salt crust from the vegetation surrounding the lake basins. All of the lizard's water is derived from its food; there is no water for it to drink. Describe the ecological and physiological characteristics that allow the Lake Eyre dragon lizard to survive in such an inhospitable environment.