Biology 2e
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Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
Publisher: OpenStax
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Chapter 4, Problem 7RQ
Bacteria that lack fimbriae are less likely to ___________ .
- adhere to cell surfaces
- swim through bodily fluids
- synthesize proteins
- retain the ability to divide
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Biology 2e
Ch. 4 - Figure 4.7 Prokaryotic cells are much smaller than...Ch. 4 - Figure 4.8 If the nucleolus were not able to carry...Ch. 4 - Figure 4.18 If a peripheral membrane protein were...Ch. 4 - When viewing a specimen through a light...Ch. 4 - The is the basic unit of life organism cell tissue...Ch. 4 - Prokaryotes depend on to obtain some materials and...Ch. 4 - Bacteria that lack fimbriae are less likely to...Ch. 4 - Which of the following organisms is a prokaryote?...Ch. 4 - Which of the following is surrounded by two...Ch. 4 - Peroxisomes got their name because hydrogen...
Ch. 4 - In plant cells, the function of the lysosomes is...Ch. 4 - Which of the following is both in eukaryotic and...Ch. 4 - Tay-Sachs disease is a genetic disorder that...Ch. 4 - Which of the following is not a component of the...Ch. 4 - The process by which a cell engulfs a foreign...Ch. 4 - Which of the following is most likely to have the...Ch. 4 - Which of the following sequences correctly lists...Ch. 4 - Congenital disorders of glycosylation are a...Ch. 4 - Which of the following have the ability to...Ch. 4 - Which of the following do not play a role in...Ch. 4 - In humans, are used to move a cell within its...Ch. 4 - Which of the following are only in plant cells?...Ch. 4 - The key components of desmosomes are cadherins...Ch. 4 - Diseased animal cells may produce molecules that...Ch. 4 - In your everyday life, you have probably noticed...Ch. 4 - In what situation(s) would the use of a scanning...Ch. 4 - In what situation(s) would a transmission electron...Ch. 4 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of each...Ch. 4 - Explain how the formation of an adult human...Ch. 4 - Antibiotics are medicines that are used to fight...Ch. 4 - Explain why not all microbes are harmful.Ch. 4 - You already know that ribosomes are abundant in...Ch. 4 - What are the structural and functional...Ch. 4 - Why are plasma membranes arranged as a bilayer...Ch. 4 - In the context of cell biology, what do we mean by...Ch. 4 - In your opinion, is the nuclear membrane part of...Ch. 4 - What are the similarities and differences between...Ch. 4 - How do cilia and flagella differ?Ch. 4 - Describe how microfilaments and microtubules are...Ch. 4 - Compare and contrast the boundaries that plant,...Ch. 4 - How does the structure of a plasmodesma differ...Ch. 4 - Explain how the extracellular matrix functions.Ch. 4 - Pathogenic E. coil have recently been shown to...
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