How long can endospores survive?

A) Hours
B) Days
C) Months
D) Years
E) Potentially limitless


E) Potentially limitless

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Which would be the most accurate endomembrane route through which a protein is secreted from a cell?

A. Golgi apparatus?lysosome?vesicles?plasma membrane B. plasmid?plasma membrane?nuclear envelope?smooth endoplasmic reticulum C. nuclear envelope?vesicles?Golgi apparatus?plasma membrane D. rough endoplasmic reticulum?lysosomes?vesicles?cell membrane E. rough endoplasmic reticulum? Golgi apparatus?vesicles ?plasma membrane

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Which plant part is a young sporophyte that lies dormant in the seed and is protected by the seed coat?

A. egg B. sperm C. embryo D. flower E. radical

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In E. coli, the genes for utilization of maltose are at various locations across the chromosome but are activated by the same maltose activator protein. This is an example of a(n)

a. operon. b. regulon. c. riboswitch. d. two-component regulatory system.

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