Cholesterol serves several essential functions in mammalian cells. Which of the following is not influenced by cholesterol?
What will be an ideal response?
a. membrane permeability
b. membrane fluidity
c. membrane rigidity
d. membrane thickness
Membrane thickness
You might also like to view...
Theoretically, which would be the most effective way to disrupt
a Hadley cell? A) Remove all equatorial moisture and convection. B) Extensively water the deserts. C) Heat the poles. D) Shift the Sun to apply direct rays 30 degrees south latitude.
In aerobic respiration, what is the ultimate fate of the electrons released from the breakdown of glucose?
a. They are combined with NAD+. b. They are combined with ATP. c. They become hydrogen ions. d. They are moved through the electron transport chain. e. They are combined with oxygen and hydrogen ions to form water.
You label cells with a radioactive isotope of sulfur (35S). The only molecules that would be radioactively labeled in these cells are
A. proteins B. nucleic acids C. lipids D. carbohydrates
During endocytosis, if a bacterial cell is not degraded and bacterial DNA is taken up by the eukaryotic cell, what may have occurred?
A. horizontal gene transfer. B. vertical evolution. C. vertical exon shuffling. D. chromosomal duplication and genomic exchange. E. both chromosomal duplication and vertical evolution.