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Biochemistry

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1. What are cyclin - CDK complexes






2. In which structures do you find microtubules






3. What is the Name and function of vit B1






4. Do balanced translocations cause abnl phenotype






5. What does desmin stain for






6. What is the Name and fxn of vit B5






7. Describe robertsonian translocation






8. What kind of RNA is transported out of the nucleus






9. phosphorylation of glucose to yield glucose 6 phosphate serves as the 1st step of what rxns and what enzymes catalyze it






10. What catacholamine step is SAM required for






11. What are pyrimidines made from






12. What tissues have only aldose reductase






13. Where do you find elastin and What does it do






14. ADPKD is associated with What additional conditions






15. What is uniparental disomy






16. Pts with albinism are at inc risk For what cancer






17. What is sorbitol - how and why is it made






18. What does a phosphorylase do






19. What are the clinical features of I cell diesase






20. What are the reactants for glycolysis






21. Where is glucokinase found - What are the Km and Vmax - and what induces it






22. What neuroanatomical strutures are injured in wernicke - korsakoff






23. What happens in vit D excess






24. What is NAD+ generally used for






25. What inhibits pyruvate kinase






26. What is the defect in II A familial hypercholesterolemia






27. What is variable expression and What is an example






28. spheroid RBCs due to spectrin or ankyrin defect - hemolytic anemia - inc MHCH - splenectomy is curative






29. What are the findings in Down's syndrome






30. What rxn creates ATP






31. What are uncoupling agents






32. colon becomes covered witih adenomatous polyps after puberty - progresses to colon cancer unless resected






33. Gene imprinting implies that How many alleles are active at a single locus






34. Which aspect of the spliceosome do patients with lupus make antibodies against






35. Type IV BM






36. How is Lesch Neyhan inherited






37. What is the activated carrier for Acyl






38. What induces pyruvate kinase






39. What substances induce phosphofructokinase






40. What lab technique is use to profile gene expression levels of thousands of genes simultaneously to study certain diseases and treatments






41. Which part of the DNA binds RNA polymerase and multiple other TFs upstream from gene locus






42. characterize autosomal recessive inheritance






43. Type I bone






44. What creates the musty body odor in PKU






45. How do you diagnose CFTR






46. Which cells are rich in smooth ER






47. metaphse chromosomes are stained - ordered and numbered according to morphology - size - arm length ratio - banding pattern






48. How do glucagon/epi lead to glycogenolysis






49. What does vit E def cause






50. What is pleiotropy and given an example