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The mRNA sequence AAUAAA (near the 3’ end) has two important functions. Name those two functions and describe the specific role this sequence plays in them.

A nurse prepares to discharge a patient who has a wound and is prescribed home health care. Which information would the nurse include in the hand-off report to the home health nurse?

A 93-year-old resident eats only a few bites at meals and then refuses to eat more. Which intervention might the nurse use to help delay skin breakdown from diminished nutrition?

The aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase enzyme has two important binding sites in its active site. One binds to tRNA, while the other binds to a specific ________________________.

The short ion channel inactivation that follows an action potential is called the

The nurse is reviewing the health history of a 26-year-old patient who denies corrective lenses. Which scenario indicates that the patient follows preventive eye examination recommendations?

Calmodulin undergoes which of the following steps when it is activated?

Multiple steps in protein translation require energy. Describe three separate activities associated with translation that require energy. Identify the form of energy that powers each and the protein (or enzyme) most closely associated with that use of energy.

Nonsense-mediated decay is a mechanism the cell uses to destroy mutant [1] molecules that retain [2] complexes attached to them because of a nonsense mutation.

Cellular Ca2+ levels are generally high in the cytoplasm and low in the ER.