Deindividuation
Deindividuation happens when a person lets go of self-consciousness and control and does what the…
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Oxidation Number
The oxidation number is the effective charge on an atom in a compound; the oxidation number is…
Metric Units Commonly Used in the Context of Chemistry
Important units used in the context of chemistry, especially stoichiometry, are grams, moles, liters, centimeters,…
General function in cell containment
The plasma membrane separates the inside of the cell from its outside environment. Both prokaryotic…
Common Ion Effect and Its Use in Laboratory Separations
The common ion effect is the decrease in solubility (ability to be dissolved) of a…
Oncogenes, apoptosis
Oncogenes are genes that cause cancer when mutated and apoptosis is programmed cell death. The…
Prions and viroids: subviral particles
Prions (misfolded proteins) and viroids (single-stranded RNA particles) are pathogens that are smaller than viruses. Prions and…
Transduction: transfer of genetic material by viruses
In transduction, bacteriophages move short pieces of chromosomal DNA from one bacterium to another “by accident.” Bacteriophages,…
Molecular Weight
The molecular weight of a total mass of atoms in a molecule, represented by grams…
Retrovirus life cycle: integration into host DNA, reverse transcriptase, HIV
Retroviruses, like HIV, have single-stranded RNA and contain reverse transcriptase to convert it to double-stranded…