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What is a cofactor AND what does it do?

Temperature and pH can affect the rate of an enzyme reaction. Name one additional condition/factor that can also affect the rate of an enzyme reaction.

What is the name of the color indicator used in this experiment? 

The dialysis bag is permeable to water but not sucrose. Describe the tonicity of the bag in relationship to the beaker.

View the results of the paper chromatography experiment.  Which pigment has the most affinity for the paper?

What is the purpose of adding meat tenderizer in the banana DNA extraction protocol? 

Which enzyme would be most likely to be found in your stomach where conditions are strongly acidic?

What type of antigens does a person with type A+ blood have on the surface of their blood? 

You are studying the reaction rate of an enzyme using the enzyme’s ideal pH and temperature, because you want to optimize that enzyme’s activity. You are surprised to run the experiment and see NO evidence of enzyme activity.  Give a plausible reason why you observed a reaction rate of zero.

A dipoid cell in the testis at the beginning of spermatogenesis (making sperm) has 6 chromosomes.  At the end of Meiosis I, how many chromosomes will each of the daughter cell have?