Can someone please explain the differences in protein domains
AAMC Bio/biochem Section Bank Q#63 asks which protein domain of STAT3 is NOT predicted to play a role in it's signaling? A. Nuclear localization domain B. Signal sequence domain C. DNA binding domain...
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Are On-Demand Video Lessons by next step any good? i'm debating if this is the right course for me?
View ArticleCortisol Function
In one of the TPR workbook passages, the answer explanation states that "cortisol induces gluconeogenesis and glycogen formation in the liver" How does this work? Why would you make more glucose just...
View ArticleScientific Journal Article experiment question
So I officially read my first full scientific journal article in preparation for the MCAT and I have a question on the very last experiment that these researchers did. Feel free to correct me on...
View ArticleWhy doesn't PCR shorten DNA by-products?
Note: Question at bottom in blue. In DNA replication the DNA polymerase reads the template strand 3'->5' (or synthesizes the new DNA strand 5'->3', whichever you prefer) starting after the...
View ArticleAAMC QBank Chem 37
Ignoring stereochemistry how many different tripeptides can be produced by amino acids A, B, and C below. Answer options: 1, 3, 6, 9 Correct answer: 6 Okay maybe I'm completely overthinking this, but...
View Article(AAMC Section Bank 'Gut Microbiota & GRCR' passage) Article analysis for MCAT
First of all, I am ONLY analyzing the parts of the article that are included in the AAMC Section Bank! I'm reading the Introduction (all of it) & Results section (but only the parts that relate to...
View Article(AAMC Section Bank 'Influenza A virus' passage) Journal Article analysis for...
Grabbed another scientific journal article from the AAMC Section Bank. This one was from C/P passage 9. The red text in this post are my questions that maybe one of yall can answer/clarify for me! Feel...
View ArticleAAMC Section Bank P/S terminology
Could someone give me an example of each of these: 1. The Thomas theorum 2. Impression management 3. Back stage self 4. Hawthorne effect Thanks!
View ArticleTPR Organic Chem Passage
Hi everyone, I would really appreciate it if someone can help me with this advance passage-based question (see attached file for passage): Compounds C & D are best described as: Diastereomers....
View ArticleKaplan MCAT General Chem - Concept Check 6.1
Hey guys, I had a question about a problem in Chapter 6 of the General Chem Kaplan book, concept check 6.1, question #1. Given: Q = 5.0 x 10^-2 Keq = 5.0 x 10^-3 The question then asks what the sign of...
View ArticleTBR Acidity factors
TBR breaks acidity factors into 2 categories: primary that are based on the characteristics of the atom connected to the proton in question (size, el-neg and hybridization) and secondary (rest of...
View ArticleMCAT Physics and Math Preparation.
I studied Physics several years back while in college and am currently referring to Kaplan Physics and Math review book along with Khan Acd for MCAT preparation. It is a overwhelming feeling going over...
View ArticleErythropoietin and mRNA synthesis
Hello, My text book says that “Erythropoietin increases all steps of erythropoisis as it stimulates mRNA synthesis” I don’t get how the EPO increases mRNA synthesis in RBCs. The book doesn’t give...
View ArticleWhich blood vessels can dilate and constrict?
I've seen AAMC exams address nearly every single blood vessel dilating or constricting at some point. I thought arterioles were the main way of vasoconstriction and vasodilation. Can all types of blood...
View ArticleTBR: Molality vs Molarity Vs Density
Hello everyone! I've been googling around and using SDN, but I'm still not fully grasping the relationship between molality/Molarity. And this passage was my worst so far. In the TBR Gen Chem book...
View ArticleCardiac Question
Can someone explain why does a decreased arterial oxygen saturation lead to a decrease in cardiac output?
View Articlelight and optics question TBR
If a normal human eye were focusing on an object 2 meters way, what would be the effective focal length of the eye? Given, that the typical human eye is spherical in shape, approximately 2 cm long....
View ArticleTPR PSY Question Help!
I was doing TPR review, but this question really confused me. Suppose that when an individual behaves in a negative way, she tends to blame the situation for her negative behavior, and not her...
View ArticleTBR Biology I - Section 1 Passage 1 (Sodium-Glucose transporter)
The more I try to figure this problem out, the more confused I get "Glucose, despite its relatively high intracellular concentration, can dissociate from its carrier protein on the cytosolic side of...
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