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12 Cards in this Set
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Types of inorganic compounds
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water. acids, bases, salts. acid-base balance is important
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Organic compounds
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carbon & hydrogen skeletons
-R denotes remainder of molecule -func groups responsible for chemical properties |
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macromolecules
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large molecules
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Carbohydrate properties and composition
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carbon,hydrogen,oxygen
sugars and starches monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides isomers |
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Lipid properties and composition
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insoluble in water
glycerol and fatty acids phospholipids and steroids important constituent of membranes |
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Proteins
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proteins are composed of amino acids
Proteins contain carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, nitrogen there are twenty naturally-occuring amino acids proteins have 4 levels of structure |
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Nucleic Acids
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DNA & RNA
Nucleotide Nucleoside DNA RNA |
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Nucleotide
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pentose sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base
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Nucleoside
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Nitrogenous base and pentose sugar
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Different forms of ATP generation
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substrate level phosphorylation
oxidative phosphorylation photophosphorylation |
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Test to determine if something is mutagenic
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Ames test
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Bacterial conjugation
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requires a donor (F+) cell
requires contact between living cells |
