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Contractile

Having the property of contracting.


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Food and DNA

... eat is not related to DNA in any way (though they were encoded by DNA, of course). That is, if you eat for example meat, most of the protein are contractile components of a muscle, namely actin, myosin and such, which are not directly associated with DNA. DNA itself typically contains certain ...

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by biohazard
Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:12 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Food and DNA
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Views: 152

Help! Cutting the vagus nerve and force of contraction

If contractile strength is independent of muscle stretch and EDV ,but rather controlled by bloodborne chemicals (epinephrine, excess of Ca,thyroxine) which has little to do with the vagus (parasympathetic division) nerve, even ...

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by Vangeek
Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:29 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Help! Cutting the vagus nerve and force of contraction
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Views: 898

Contractile Vacuoles?

You can't say "why." That presumes a "reason" exists. But consider what contractile vacuoles do - they effect osmoregulation in siolated cells such as those of paramecia. With very very few exceptions, human cels are organized - not isolated. Osmoregulation ...

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by JorgeLobo
Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:26 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Contractile Vacuoles?
Replies: 3
Views: 675

Re: Contractile Vacuoles?

As in the osmoregulatory contractile vacuoles in paramecia? Human cells don't need individual means for osmoregulation as oiur cells are not free living,

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by JorgeLobo
Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:34 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Contractile Vacuoles?
Replies: 1
Views: 859

Contractile Vacuoles?

Why don't human body cells have contractile vacuoles?

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by Funkfruit
Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:22 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Contractile Vacuoles?
Replies: 1
Views: 859
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