Cancer cells secrete an activator of the enzyme ________ to degrade basal lamina and extracellular matrix and activate matrix metalloproteinases

Fill in the blank with correct word.


Answer: plasmin

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When acetylcholine stimulates the opening of ligand-gated ion channels on a postsynaptic cell, what is this event called?

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After James Gusella's first attempt to link the RFLP marker to HD failed, he used a new RFLP marker on ________ to determine if there was linkage of disease phenotype to the new G8 marker

A) the same population of HD patients as his first experiment B) a small Venezuelan population that has HD C) a specific subset of an American HD family D) a large Venezuelan population that has HD

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