A decrease in the affinity of hemoglobin for carbon dioxide caused by the binding of oxygen to hemoglobin is described by the
A) carbamino effect.
B) Henderson-Hasselbalch effect.
C) respiratory quotient.
D) Bohr effect.
E) Haldane effect.
Ans: A) carbamino effect.
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A) a guard cell B) the root epidermis C) the endodermis D) the root cortex
IR absorbed by a molecule causes its bonds to break.
a. true b. false
A number of systems for pumping ions across membranes are powered by ATP. Such ATP-powered pumps are often called ATPases, although they do not often hydrolyze ATP unless they are simultaneously transporting ions
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