Category: Medical + Scientific Communication Services
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Chemical Equilibrium: Acids and Bases
What are Acids? Acid, nope not that kind of acid, these are acids which include those acids and more. Think more like citric acid or acetic acid (CH3COOH or in laymen terms vinegar). They are sour to taste, some are corrosive. They react with active metals such Aluminum (Al), Zinc (Zn), Iron (Fe), however, they…
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Chemical Equilibrium Explained Part 1
Reaction Dynamics When a reaction begins, the reactants are consumed and the products are created. Thus, the concentration of the reaction decreases as well as the forward rate of reaction also decreases. If the products are not allowed to escape (release from gas formation, etc.) then the products can react to re-form some of the…
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RNA Techniques
Goals Explain the function of a nucleic acid probe and describe the features that are required for its function. Outline the major steps in Northern blotting, RT-PCR, qPCR, microarray analysis and in situ hybridization. Explain the purpose of these techniques. Apply the above mentioned techniques to experimental questions (and know why to use each one)…
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The Genetic Code
Goals Explain how the mRNA sequence encodes amino acids Describe what is meant by a reading frame and why it is important Using a codon table, translate a sequence of DNA/RNA into amino acids Protein Structure on Function The structure of the protein dictates its function. Thats because most of the functions done in the…
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Protein Techniques
Goals: Outline SDS-PAGE, Western blot and Immunofluorescence experiments and apply them to relevant examples Apply the above mentioned techniques to experimental questions (and know why to use each one) Probe Hybridization A probe is a complementary to the DNA/RNA of sequence. This probe is a labeled complementary strand of DNA or RNA, and can specifically…
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