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Posted on February 9, 2024
What is the structure of mitochondria?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPhysiological Probes


Posted on February 9, 2024
What are the characteristics of mitochondria?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPhysiological Probes


Posted on February 9, 2024
How do I isolate mitochondria from yeast cells?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPhysiological ProbesProtocol


Posted on February 9, 2024
How do I isolate mitochondria from cell culture?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPhysiological ProbesProtocol


Posted on February 9, 2024
How do I isolate mitochondria from liver tissues?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPhysiological ProbesProtocol


Posted on February 9, 2024
What are the steps of cell signaling?
Antibodies and ProteomicsCell SignalingCellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on February 9, 2024
Where are ion channels mostly found?
Cell SignalingCellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsReceptor Proteinsion channel


Posted on February 9, 2024
What's the significance of ion channels?
Cell SignalingCellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and Channelsion channel


Posted on February 9, 2024
What happens when a ligand binds to ion-channel linked receptors?
Cell SignalingCellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on February 8, 2024
What is proton-motive force?
Cell SignalingCellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on February 8, 2024
How can proton-motive force be generated?
Cell SignalingCellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on January 22, 2024
What are types of carrier proteins?
ATPAntibody and Protein LabelingMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on January 22, 2024
What are the functions of carrier proteins?
ATPAntibody and Protein LabelingCellular ProcessesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channelmembrane proteins


Posted on January 22, 2024
What are the characteristics of carrier protein?
Antibody and Protein LabelingCellular ProcessesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channelmembrane proteins


Posted on January 22, 2024
Is a carrier protein a transport protein?
Antibody and Protein LabelingCellular ProcessesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channelmembrane proteins


Posted on January 22, 2024
What do channel proteins allow through the membrane?
Antibody and Protein LabelingCellular ProcessesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channelmembrane potentialmembrane proteins


Posted on January 22, 2024
What are the types of channel proteins depending on their function in the cell?
Antibody and Protein LabelingCellular ProcessesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channelmembrane proteins


Posted on January 22, 2024
What are the examples of channel protein?
Antibody and Protein LabelingCellular ProcessesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channelmembrane proteins


Posted on November 27, 2023
How are membrane channels formed?
Cell SignalingCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membranemembrane proteins


Posted on November 27, 2023
What are the two types of proteins that associate the plasma membrane?
Cell SignalingCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membranemembrane proteins


Posted on November 27, 2023
How do ions enter the cell?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membranemembrane proteins


Posted on November 27, 2023
What are the functions of transmembrane proteins?
Cell SignalingCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membranemembrane proteins


Posted on November 27, 2023
What are the major components of the cell membrane?
Cellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membranemembrane proteins


Posted on October 23, 2023
What is the structure of a fatty acid?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What is a fatty acid?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What are the types of fatty acids?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What are the functions of fatty acids?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
Where are fatty acids synthesized?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What biological signaling pathways are fatty acids involved?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What transports fatty acids around the body?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
Why are fatty acids important to the cell membrane?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
How are fatty acids transported into and out of cell membrane?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What are the steps of beta-oxidation of fatty acids?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
How are fatty acids activated prior to being transported into mitochondria and oxidized?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What are the products of beta-oxidation?
ATPCellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsNAD/NADH and NADP/NADPHPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
How is fatty acyl CoA transported from the cytoplasm to the mitochondria for beta-oxidation?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesEnzymesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 23, 2023
What regulates ketone body synthesis?
Cellular ProcessesCellular Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on October 20, 2023
What are the limitations of using ANEP dyes in membrane potential activity analysis?
Cell Plasma Membrane probesCell SignallingMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probesmitochondria membrane potential


Posted on October 20, 2023
How do ANEP dyes work?
Cell Plasma Membrane probesMembrane Potential and Channelsmitochondria membrane potential


Posted on October 17, 2023
Are there more sodium ions on the outside of cells or the inside?
Cellular Structures and OrganellesIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPlasma membrane


Posted on October 17, 2023
How do inorganic ions participate in biological processes?
Intracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPhysiological ProbesPlasma Membrane


Posted on October 17, 2023
Why is it so important to keep the interior of the cells low in Na+ and high in K+?
Intracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPhysiological ProbesPlasma Membrane


Posted on October 16, 2023
What is RMP?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPlasma Membrane


Posted on October 16, 2023
What is the magnitude of RMP in a typical skeletal muscle cell?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPlasma Membrane


Posted on October 16, 2023
Why is action potential important for muscle contraction?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPlasma Membrane


Posted on October 16, 2023
How is action potential generated?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriaPlasma Membrane


Posted on September 15, 2023
How is sodium-potassium pump regulated?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
What are the steps of the sodium-potassium pump cycle?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
How does potassium ions enter a cell?
ATPMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
What are the functions of potassium ions?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
What role does the sodium pump play in the cell membrane?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
What is the significance of sodium ions?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
What is the significance of potassium ions?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
Where is most of the potassium found in the body?
Intracellular IonsMembrane Potential and Channelsion channel


Posted on September 15, 2023
Why is the sodium-potassium pump considered as an active transport mechanism?
ATPIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesPlasma Membrane


Posted on September 15, 2023
What is the role of ATP in the sodium-potassium pump?
ATPIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membrane


Posted on September 15, 2023
What happens if the sodium-potassium pump fails or is inhibited?
ATPIntracellular IonsMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesPlasma Membrane


Posted on July 24, 2023
What is the mechanism of a sodium-potassium pump?
ATPCellular Structures and OrganellesEnzymesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPlasma Membraneion channel


Posted on May 3, 2023
What is the significance of cell signaling?
Cell Cycle AnalysisCell Cycle and ProliferationCell MetabolismCell SignalingCell ViabilityCellular ProcessesG-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCR)Membrane Potential and Channels


Posted on May 3, 2023
What are the functions of cell signaling?
Cell Cycle AnalysisCell Cycle and ProliferationCell CytotoxicityCell MetabolismCell SignalingCell ViabilityCellular ProcessesG-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCR)Membrane Potential and Channels


Posted on May 3, 2023
How do cells communicate?
Apoptosis and NecrosisCell Cycle AnalysisCell Cycle and ProliferationCell CytotoxicityCell MetabolismCell SignalingCell ViabilityCellular ProcessesG-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCR)Membrane Potential and Channels


Posted on November 19, 2022
How do I label the cell membrane?
Cell SignalingCellular ProcessesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesPlasma Membrane


Posted on August 11, 2022
What are the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic gene expression?
NucleusDNA and RNA QuantitationMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on July 28, 2022
Why are fatty acids important?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on July 28, 2022
What is the precursor for fatty acid synthesis?
Physiological ProbesMembrane Potential and ChannelsEnzymes


Posted on July 27, 2022
What's the difference between endocytosis and phagocytosis?
Physiological ProbesCell CytotoxicityMembrane Potential and ChannelsCellular Processes


Posted on July 27, 2022
What is phagocytosis?
Cell CytotoxicityCellular ProcessesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on July 22, 2022
What is the major difference in RNA processing between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?
DNA and RNA QuantitationMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesNucleus


Posted on July 22, 2022
Where is RNA editing detected?
NucleusDNA and RNA QuantitationMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on July 22, 2022
Where do mRNA modifications occur?
DNA and RNA QuantitationMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesNucleus


Posted on July 20, 2022
How are fatty acids activated?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on July 19, 2022
What are the products of fatty acid oxidation?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesCell CytotoxicityCellular Processes


Posted on July 15, 2022
What is the difference between membrane potential and equilibrium potential?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsBioconjugation


Posted on July 15, 2022
What is the difference between membrane potential and action potential?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsBioconjugation


Posted on July 15, 2022
How does a cell maintain resting membrane potential?
BioconjugationMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on July 15, 2022
How does temperature affect equilibrium potential?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsBioconjugation


Posted on July 7, 2022
Are fatty acids made up of triglycerides?
Physiological ProbesMembrane Potential and ChannelsCellular Processes


Posted on July 7, 2022
Where does fatty acid synthesis occur?
Cellular ProcessesMembrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on July 1, 2022
What is produced in fatty acid oxidation?
Physiological ProbesMembrane Potential and ChannelsCellular ProcessesCell Signaling


Posted on April 14, 2022
How is the cell membrane affected by temperature?
Cell Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsCell MetabolismPhysiological Probes


Posted on February 1, 2022
What are the differences between organ cultures and cell cultures?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesIntracellular IonsBioconjugation


Posted on January 25, 2022
What types of membrane proteins are there?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsCell Structures and OrganellesBioconjugation


Posted on January 20, 2022
Why was the unit membrane model rejected?
Cell MetabolismCell Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondria


Posted on January 17, 2022
Why is cell membrane fluidity important?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsCell MetabolismCell Structure and Organelles


Posted on January 6, 2022
What is tissue on a chip?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological ProbesCell CytotoxicityCellular Processes


Posted on December 17, 2021
What is 2D cell culture?
Cell Proliferation AssaysMembrane Potential and ChannelsCellular Processes


Posted on October 28, 2021
What is the difference between RNA polymerase I and II?
NucleusPhysiological ProbesDNA and RNA QuantitationMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on October 27, 2021
What is the function of RNA polymerase in prokaryotes?
NucleusPhysiological ProbesDNA and RNA QuantitationMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on October 26, 2021
What is the function of RNA polymerase in protein synthesis?
NucleusDNA and RNA QuantitationPhysiological ProbesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on October 25, 2021
Does RNA polymerase make RNA?
DNA and RNANucleusPhysiological ProbesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on October 18, 2021
Which RNA polymerase works on mRNA?
DNA and RNA QuantitationNucleusPhysiological ProbesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on October 13, 2021
How is NLRP3 activation detected?
Cell MetabolismCell Structures a nd OrganellesMembrane Potential and ChannelsApoptosis and Necrosis


Posted on October 12, 2021
What activates NLRC4 inflammasome?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsEnzymes


Posted on July 28, 2021
What are the types of detergents?
Membrane Potential and ChannelsPhysiological Probes


Posted on April 22, 2021
What factors can affect membrane permeability?
Cell Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on April 22, 2021
What part of the cell membrane is hydrophilic?
Cell Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on April 19, 2021
What is the organelle that produces nearly all of the energy required by the cell?
MitochondriaCell Structures and OrganellesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on March 31, 2021
What are the differences between adherent cells and suspension cells?
Physiological ProbesMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on December 7, 2020
What are the differences between tissue culture and cell culture?
ToolsMembrane Potential and Channels


Posted on December 4, 2020
What are some examples of tissue culture?
Cell Cycle and ProliferationMembrane Potential and ChannelsCell Viability


Posted on May 9, 2020
Which probe should I use to evaluate change in membrane potential, JC-1 or TMRE?
Chemical ReagentsCellular ProcessesClassic DyesJC-1JC-10Membrane Potential and ChannelsMitochondriamitochondria membrane potential