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NBME Biochem stumpers - help!

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amitdoc2b
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08/15/06 - 05:13 PM

Can you please also explain why its the right answer, I was stumped on them..thanks..

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blueocean
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08/15/06 - 06:44 PM

can you make a better scan of the document ? I can not see anything!

drpkaur
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08/15/06 - 07:22 PM

FOR QUES 3 -ANSWER IS B-B-ENDORPHIN.

FOR QUES 5-HAVE A LOOK AT THIS THREAD http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/37191

amitdoc2b
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08/15/06 - 07:41 PM

blueocean wrote:
can you make a better scan of the document ? I can not see anything!

hi. actually they are the original size of the actual question. try zooming in on your photo if u are having trouble reading the question..sometimes our jpeg displayers make the image smaller than its really scanned.

blueocean
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08/16/06 - 05:45 AM

thank you, I did it!
First- b endorphine
Second- extracellular space- IgA
Third- the kid has the disease because has 2 allele which could be spliced by the enzymes!

sridevibandaru24
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08/18/06 - 11:39 PM

hi blueocean I didn't understand the third one.could u try to explain this further?

blueocean
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08/19/06 - 09:58 AM

sridevibandaru24 wrote:
hi blueocean I didn't understand the third one.could u try to explain this further?

The N allele is not splicing by the enzyme; the father, the mother and the sibling 2 have 1 allele N (87) and one defective.The sibling 1 has 2 N allele and the proband and sibling 3 have both allele which can be spliced by the enzyme.
It's OK?

MRMAVERICK
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08/21/06 - 04:12 AM

q 19 c-the sibling has mcad deficinecy

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