The movement of substances to regions of lower concentration is called

A. active transport.
B. diffusion.
C. pinocytosis.
D. pumping.
E. exocytosis.


B

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A bridge is formed between the activators at the enhancer and the proteins at the promoter and promoter proximal

region by ____.

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How are the four major types of biological molecules similar in structure?

What will be an ideal response?

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