BIOL 2010- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 14 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Allelopathy - prevent other plants from growing nearby. Phytoalexins - pine resin, prevents bacteria and fungi growth. 100 years ago: 3 main causes of death in us - tuberculosis, pneumonia, gastrointestinal tract infections. Now 36 per 100k deaths from infectious diseases. Penicillin mimics cross-link and blocks transpeptidase activity. Source of over of clinically useful antibiotics of natural origin. Assembly of simple building blocks create product diversity. Chemical conversions: metabolism & enzymes: metabolic basics, central metabolism, lipids: the real energy, amino acids: nitrogen, applied metabolism. Carries electron when in nadp / nadph. Comes from gaining electron from nad+ / nadp+ Fatty acid breakdown produces more a lot more atp than glucose breakdown. Late and post clinical - 1. 5 years. Test enzyme activity against library of compounds. Biotech is the use of cellular and biomolecular processes to solve problems and make useful products. Therapeutic proteins, vaccines, organ and tissue transplants, stem cell therapy, etc.
