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How does competitive inhibition slow the rate of a reaction and how can its effect be reversed.

Competitive inhibitors act to slow the rate of a reaction by actively competing with the substrate at the active site of the molecule it wishes to bind to. If this active site contains an inhibitor then t...

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Describe the structures of DNA and RNA.

DNA (deoxyribose nucleic acid) is made of up two strands of nucleotides that are twisted together to make a double helix (twisted struct...

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What is Polymerase Chain Reaction?

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a method of DNA amplification. This method utilises complementary primers which target a fragment of interest within DNA. It is made up of cycles of repeated heating and...

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How does the process of DNA replication work?

DNA replication is the process by which DNA makes a copy of itself. This happens before cell division so that each daughter cell receives an identical copy of the DNA. In order for DNA replication to occu...

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Name 3 requirements needed for DNA replication to occur

Any 3 below
You will need a orginal DNA template - this is used for the DNA polymerase to copy the DNA. DNA is a double stranded helix and each strand can be used as a template for replication free ...

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