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Uptake

uptake

The absorption by a tissue of some substance, food material, mineral, etc. And its permanent or temporary retention. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).


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Photosynthetic capacity of plant - Experimental control

... would have included which of the following? I. Expose the plant to 32 hours of continuous moderate light and measure rates of carbon dioxide uptake and tissue starch concentration. II. Expose the plant to 32 hours of continuous dark and measure rates of carbon dioxide uptake and tissue starch ...

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by vertciel
Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:02 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Photosynthetic capacity of plant - Experimental control
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Views: 471

Re: Caffeine Coursework

... adenosine receptors have been described, with different anatomical distributions. A1 receptors are widely distributed, and act to inhibit calcium uptake. A2A receptors are heavily concentrated in the basal ganglia, an area that plays a critical role in behavior control, but can be found in other ...

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by red.ninja13
Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:39 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Caffeine Coursework
Replies: 3
Views: 864

How to measure cell pearmability/uptake in yeast?

... chemical. My ideas are to add a dye to the media the yeast are growing on and see if the yeast with the promoter of permeability chemical (A) uptake more of the dye than ones without the promoter chemical. Then if the ones cells are darker which grew up with (A) then it would show that (A) ...

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by Sheenspike
Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:27 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: How to measure cell pearmability/uptake in yeast?
Replies: 1
Views: 306

Re: Glucose equilibrium within a cell

... of glucose in the body because in all reality extracellular glucose is a poison an the quicker the body can produce insulin to stimulate GLUTs to uptake glucose the better. You say a poison, yes, the majority of bacteria do not possess the enzymes to digest g-6-p but they readily use glucose as ...

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by canan5000
Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:51 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Glucose equilibrium within a cell
Replies: 2
Views: 851

Phytochelatin Synthase and chelation

... at least, where trace elements (heavy metals) are absorbed in a soluble, but bound manner. How does the plant utilize them from there? Also, uptake of iron, I hear, is necessary through a chelating agent because it will form a precipitate with phoshphorous. Why? And a few other things: Where ...

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by plasmodesmata11
Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:51 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Phytochelatin Synthase and chelation
Replies: 2
Views: 951
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