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Cellular processes
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Biology
12th Grade
05/12/2015
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Activation energy

 

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Amount of energy required to reach the transition state. The source of activation energy needed to push reactions forward is typically heat energy from the surroundings.
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Adenine
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Constituent base of nucleic acid, a purine derivative, pairs with thymine.
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Antiparallel
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Two biopylmers are considered antiparallel if they run parallel to eachother but with opposite allignments.

 

Eg. two complimentary strands of a DNA couble helic run in opposite directions to one another.
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ATP
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Is a nucleotide triphosphate used in cells as a coenzyme. Often called the molecular unit of currency of intracellular energy transfer.
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