Answer:
a. True.
Explanation:
Even though the cells in our body rely on glucose as a source of energy, they can replace glucose's energy with lipids or proteins' energy. In the brain's case, this is not possible since the blood-brain barrier, which is a highly selective barrier between the blood and the extracellular fluid in the central nervous system, allows the passage of glucose as the only source of energy. This is why maintaining the correct levels of glucose is crucial for the metabolism in the brain.
Answer:
option 3
Explanation:
In non-homologous end joining, the break ends are directly ligated together without the need for a homologous template unlike the homologous repair. this form of repair uses short homologous sequences of DNA termed microhomologies to direct repair and these microhomologies are seen as single-stranded overhangs found on the ends of double-strand breaks. When the overhangs are perfectly compatible, NHEJ ligates and repair the break. When these overhangs are not compatible, imprecise repair leading to deletion of nucleotides can also occur which is much more common .
Answer:
Potential targets:
1- DNA methyltransferases
2- Chromatin modifiers such as histone acetyltransferases, histone deacetylases, histone methyltransferases, etc.
3- Components of the RNA interference (RNAi) machinery such as Dicer, Argonaute, etc.
Explanation:
Epigenetics can be defined as the study of any heritable change in the phenotype that does not involve modifications in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic mechanisms can be classified into three major types: 1-DNA methylation, 2-histone modifications (e.g., acetylation, methylation, phosphorylation, etc), and 3-regulatory non-coding RNAs (e.g., miRNAs, lncRNAs, siRNAs, etc) that modulate target gene expression via the RNA interference pathway. There are different types of proteins that are involved in these complex epigenetic mechanisms, and those cited above represent only some examples that can be used as therapeutic targets.
Answer:
calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, chloride, zinc, sodium, sulfur
Explanation:
