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1. Protein
What reaction occurs to form a pe...,
Name 3 types of interactions betw...,
What is the primary structure of ...
18
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Amino Acids
Hydrophobic amino acids,
Glycine,
Valine leucine isoleucine
9
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2. Carbohydrates
Simple sugars,
3 carbons,
5 carbons
17
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3. Lipids
What are fatty acids,
What is a saturated fatty acid,
What are unsaturated fatty acids
23
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4. Biological Membrane Structure
What are the functions of the cel...,
Phosphate group serine,
Phosphate group ethanolamine
16
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5. Enzymes
How do enzymes lower the activati...,
What do lyases do,
What do ligases do
18
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6. Stem Cells
What is cell differentiation,
Why are cells in different tissue...,
What makes stem cells different f...
13
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7. Genome Structure
What is a genome,
What forces hold dna together,
What is a nucleosome made up of
10
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8. DNA Replication
What are the requirements for dna...,
What sequence is indicative of an...,
What is the function of dna helicase
29
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9. Transcription and Regulation of Gene Expression
What is gene expression,
Functions of rna,
What are promoters
21
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10. Cell Division
What happens in g1,
What happens in s phase,
What happens in g2
12
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11. Translation
What are the key components for t...,
What binds to the acceptor arm of...,
What couples amino acids to the c...
15
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12. Genetic Variability
What is aneuploidy,
What condition causes down syndrome,
What is translocation
13
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13. Genetics of Common and Complex Disease
What is the incidence rate of rar...,
What is the gwas study design,
What is an odds ratio
3
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14. Molecular Diagnostic Tools 1
What is gel electrophoresis,
What is western blotting used for,
What is the polymerase chain reac...
5
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15. Molecular Diagnostic Tools 2
What does fish stand for,
What is fish used for,
What are the steps in fish
13
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16. Cytogenetics
What is the short arm of a chromo...,
Long arm,
What is a metacentric chromosome
13
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17. Mendelian Genetics 1
What is autosomal dominant inheri...,
What is the inheritance pattern f...,
What are the exceptions to the ad...
10
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18. Mendelian Genetics 2
What is x chromosome inactivation,
What is a barr body,
What is the intermediate effect
13
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19. Intro to Pharmacology
What is a drug,
What is target led discovery,
What is chemistry led discovery
4
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20. Agonists
What is a ligand,
What is an agonist,
What is the dose response relatio...
7
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21. Antagonists
What is an antagonist,
What is a competitive antagonist,
What is a non competitive antagonist
8
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22. G-Protein Coupled Receptors
How many times does a gpcr pass t...,
What are the 3 subunits of a g pr...,
What is the main purpose of the a...
21
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23. Enzyme Linked and Intracellular Receptors
Describe the mechanism of rtks,
What happens to a ligand gated io...,
Name an example of a nuclear rece...
4
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24. Toxicology
What is toxicology,
What happens in an acute toxicity...,
What happens in a subacute study
14
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25. Pharmakinetics: Basic Principles and Drug Absorption
What is pharmacodynamics,
What are pharmacokinetics,
What are the 4 parts of pharmacok...
9
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26. Pharmacokinetics: Drug Distribution, Metabolism and Elimination
What is drug distribution,
What is the volume of distributio...,
What are 4 methods of excretion
8
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27. Pharmacogenetics
What do mercaptopurine and azathi...,
What are mercaptopurine and azath...,
What genotype is associated with ...
11
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28. Life Cycle of a Drug
What is a hit compound,
What is a lead compound,
What is lead optimisation
10
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29. Adverse Effects of Drugs
What is pharmacological toxicity,
What is non pharmacological toxicity,
What is idiosyncratic toxicity
6
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30. Special Populations
List 6 special populations,
What are the effects of old age o...,
What effects does old age have on...
9
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31. Glycolysis
How does glucose enter cells,
How is glucose prevented from lea...,
What is the function of hexokinase
17
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32. TCA Cycle
Step 1 of tca cycle,
Step 2 of tca cycle,
Step 3 of tca cycle
12
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33. Electron Transport Chain
What is the function of complexes...,
What is the process of chemiosmosis,
Describe the electron transport c...
5
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34. Inborn Errors of Metabolism 1
What are the metabolic consequenc...,
What is pku caused by,
Clinical symptoms of pku
27
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35. Inborn Errors of Metabolism 2
How does pyruvate carboxylase def...,
How would pyruvate carboxylase or...,
How does fructose 1 6 bisphosphat...
13
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36. Vitamins
What is needed to absorb fat solu...,
What are the functions of vitamin a,
What are the functions of vitamin d
48
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37. Minerals
Functions of calcium,
Functions of chloride,
Functions of magnesium
30
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38. Clinical Enzymology
What is clinical biochemistry,
What does high alt suggest,
What does high alp suggest
14
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39. Biosynthetic Pathways
What are the general features of ...,
What are the substrates in glucon...,
What converts lactate to pyruvate
29
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40. Life and Death of the Cell
What are 3 methods of cell signal...,
What do mitogens do,
What do growth factors do
21
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41. DNA Damage, Oncogenes and Tumour Suppressor Genes
What characterises a benign neoplasm,
What characterises a malignant ne...,
What is the name for cancers that...
15
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42. Angiogenesis and Metastasis
What is metastasis,
How do tumours spread in metastasis,
Where do breast metastases go
18
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43. Anti-Cancer Agents 1
What are the 3 main approaches to...,
What is adjuvant therapy,
What is neoadjuvant therapy
26
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44. Anti-Cancer Agents 2
What are the limitations of class...,
What is tamoxifen,
How does tamoxifen work
15
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45. Molecular Pathogenesis and Precision Medicine
What are the risk factors for bow...,
What are the symptoms of bowel ca...,
What is vogelsteins theory of col...
24
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