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Endocytosis: The transport of molecules into a cell through invagination of the cell membrane and the formation of the vesicle; phagocytosis is the endocytosis of solids, pinocytosis is the endocytosis of liquids. #KAPLAN

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Elongation: The three-step cycle repeated for each amino acid being dded to a protein during translation. #KAPLAN

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Electrophoresis: The process of separating compounds on the basis of size and charge using a porous gel and an electric field ; protein electrophoresis generally uses polyacrylamide, while nucleic acid electrophoresis generally uses agarose. #KAPLAN

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Electrochemical Gradient: An uneven separation of ions across a biological membrane, resulting in electrical potential energy. #KAPLAN

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Disulfide Bond: A covalent interaction between the -SH groups of two cysteine residues; an element of tertiary and quaternary structure. #KAPLAN

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Desmosomes: Cell-to-cell junctions that anchor layers of epithelial cells to one another. #KAPLAN

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA): A nucleic acid found exclusively in the nucleus that codes for all the of the genes necessary for life; transcribed to mRNA and always read 5' to 3". #KAPLAN

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Denaturation: The loss of tertiary structure in a protein, leading to loss of function. #KAPLAN

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Degenerate: Description of the generic code, in which more than one codon can specify a single amino acid. #KAPLAN

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Cristae: Infoldings of the inner mitochondrial membrane that increase the surface area available for electron transport chain complexes. #KAPLAN

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Corepressor: A species that binds with a repressor, allowing the complex to bind to the operator region of an operon, stopping transcription of the relevant gene. #KAPLAN

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Cooperativity (cot’d): unbinding of substrate from one subunit decreases the affinity of other subunits for the substrate. #KAPLAN

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Cooperativity: The interaction between subunits of a multisubmit protein in which binding of substrate to one subunit increases the affinity of other subunits for the substrate; #KAPLAN

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Conjugated Protein: A protein that derives part of its function from cobpvalently attached molecules (prosthetic groups). #KAPLAN

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Conformational Coupling: A less-accepted mechanism of ATP synthase activity in which the protons cause a conformational change that releases ATP from ATP synthase. #KAPLAN

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Competitive Inhibition: A decrease in enzyme that results from the interaction of an inhibitor with the active site of an enzyme; competitive inhibition can be overcome by addition of excess substrate. #KAPLAN