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sense strand

(Science: molecular biology) The strand of dNA which is used during transcription to make mRNA. The mRNA made thus has the sequence of the antisense strand of DNA, and it codes for a sense strand of polypeptide (which eventually becomes a protein or part of a protein) during translation.


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Re: Biology is not a science

... down to energy we would still describe energy as "something which does this or that", that really is our limit of understanding with our senses. Science is testing this understanding of our environment, "what happens when I do this?" and when we find a pattern occurring we describe ...

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by Jesse2504
Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:36 pm
 
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Topic: Biology is not a science
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... What is the universe? They are all definitions which fit our current level of understanding of the phenomena observed by human characteristic senses in the environment at this point in time. We can define what ANYTHING is since it is we who observe it, nothing is the same to any entity as ...

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by Jesse2504
Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:14 pm
 
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Biology is not a science

... A response can take many forms, from the contraction of a unicellular organism to external chemicals, to complex reactions involving all the senses of higher animals. A response is often expressed by motion, for example, the leaves of a plant turning toward the sun (phototropism) and by chemotaxis. ...

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by gamila
Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:48 pm
 
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Topic: Biology is not a science
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Re: Tachypnea vs. Hyperventilation

... and more O2 levels on the other hand. CO2 is not just merely a gaseous waste. It actually stimulates us to breathe. The moment that our body senses that this gas is below the normal, we compensate through breathing fast. You could be hyperventilated too upon receiving oxygenation therapy ...

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by mcar
Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:43 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Tachypnea vs. Hyperventilation
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Re: Krebs Cycle question

... (citryl-CoA) so the net reaction is the transfer of an acetate group to oxaloacetate removing the CoA in the process. The thiol activates in two senses: it enhances the rate of enolization (the methyl protons of the thioester are more acidic than a simple ester); and preferentially hydrolyzes ...

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by blcr11
Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:28 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Krebs Cycle question
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