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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...

The different stages of the mitotic cell cycle comprise prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase. Prophase: Condensation of the chromosomes and the mitotic spindle begins to form. The spindle is compos...

The filtration barrier between blood and filtrate comprises of 3 main structures: fenestrated endothelium of the arteriole, glomerular basement membrane and specialised cells called podocytes with slit di...

1. Arteries don't have valves, unlike veins. 2. Arteries have more elastic walls in comparison to veins. 3. Arteries have less collagen than veins. 4. Arteries have a narrower lumen in comparison to ve...

can be summarised with acronym MRS GRENmovement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition.