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Biochemistry

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1. What does a northern blot use as its sample






2. What causes Marfan syndrome






3. benign asymptomatic condition with elevated levels of fructose in urine and blood - dz and enzyme






4. In which structures do you find microtubules






5. What are the 4 assumption of the Hardy Weinberg law






6. What is uniparental disomy






7. What are CDKs






8. In eukaryotes - What does RNA poly II make






9. Type I bone






10. Type III collagen






11. What are the findings in Lesch - Nyhan






12. What is the amino acid precuror for creatine - urea and nitric oxide






13. What are the symptoms of vit A excess






14. How do stable (quiescent) cells grow and regenerate and What are examples






15. What does glycosylation of pro alpha chian yield and What is the structure






16. What is NADPH's role inside RBCs






17. nucleotide repeat for fragile x






18. What substances are uncouling agents






19. What is the RDE of the HMP shunt






20. What happens with dry beriberi






21. What do the single stranded binding proteins do






22. What is the activated carrier for Co2






23. cytoskeletal elements in micorvilli - muscle contracting fibers - cytokenesis - adherens jxns






24. Which phase of the HMP shunt is reversible and Which is irreversible






25. In prokaryotes - What does makes the different types of RNA






26. What is the energy source in the fed state right after a meal






27. What does acetyl - CoA become before becoming palmitate






28. What enzyme converts phenylalanine to tyrosin






29. What is heteroplasmy






30. cytoskeletal elements associated with vimenentin - desmin - cytokeratin - glial fibrillary acid protiens (GFAP) - neurofilaments






31. What is the limiting reagent in EtOH metabolism






32. How do glucagon/epi lead to glycogenolysis






33. What is the wernicke - korsakoff clinical picture






34. congenital deficiency of homogentisic acid oxidase in the degradative pathway of tyrosine to fumarate leading to dark connective tissue - brown pigmented sclera - urine turns black on standing - dz and worst complication






35. what findings are associated with marfans






36. What do B- complex vitamin deficiencies often result in






37. What apolipoprotiens are on VLDL






38. What is pseudohypertrophy in the calf a result of - and What are the cardiac manifestations






39. What is the breakdown product of NE






40. How do permanent cells grow and regenerate and What are examples of permanent cells






41. What is maternal PKU






42. Describe the pathophys of the aorta in a pt with marfans - and the eyes






43. fibrillin defect leading to connective tissue disorder affecting skeleton - heart - and eyes






44. What are the symptoms of vit A def






45. What does Alports syndrome cause and why






46. What two cells are particularly rich in RER






47. How is ATP used by the cell






48. What feedback inhibits hexokinase






49. How many ATP are produced by anearobic glycolysis per molecule of glucose






50. What is the RDE of ketogenesis