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The shorter identical peptide chains of an antibody molecule (two per antibody monomer), composed of variable and constant region segments
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Q. The shorter identical peptide chains of an antibody molecule (two per antibody monomer), composed of variable and constant region segments
Ans → light chains
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Ans → jaundice
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Ans → Kinyoun technique
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Ans → lag phase
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Ans → larynx
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Ans → kuru
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Ans → macromolecule
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Ans → leukotrienes
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Ans → leukocytes
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Ans → macronucleus
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Ans → ligation
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Ans → magnification
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Ans → mast cells
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Ans → light chains
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Ans → light-dependent reaction
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Ans → Triacylglycerols
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Ans → incidence
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Ans → helicase
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Ans → pharmaceutics
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Ans → asymmetric induction
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Ans → prodrug
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Q. The sideways projection of a carbon-carbon single bond and the attached substituents.
Ans → sawhorse projection
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Ans → Graves disease
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Ans → Partial Agonist
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Ans → hybridization
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Ans → MHC II molecule
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Ans → Phosphorus
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Ans → enemas
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Ans → Glutamine and aspartate
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Ans → quarantine
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Ans → divided granule
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Ans → embedding
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Ans → leukocytes
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Ans → periodontitis
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Ans → quarantine
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Ans → Lipids
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Ans → critical mass
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Ans → oil immersion lens
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Ans → Glycine , Glutamine , Aspartate
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Ans → hydrophilic
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Ans → biological half life
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Ans → drug
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Ans → hybridoma
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Ans → 1,6- glycosidic bond
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Ans → influenza
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Ans → spectrophotometer
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Ans → entropy
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Ans → inactivation factor (IF)
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Ans → Ceruloplasmin
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