Botulism is a potentially fatal foodborne disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Several of the toxins produced by C. botulinum are proteases that cleave neuronal SNARE proteins. What cell process is blocked by cleavage and inhibition of SNARE proteins

Which statement about the pancreas is not true? a. it is an endocrine organ in the abdomen. b. it release chemicals into the digestive system. c. it releases insulin to increase glucose levels. d. it release hormones into the bloodstream.

Based on the observation that only male crickets produce a song, you hypothesize that a male's song is a form of communication to potential mates. you set up a simple experiment to test this hypothesis. in the laboratory, you place a male snowy tree cricket in enclosure a, which is adjacent to enclosureb. in enclosure b, you place other insects, one at a time, and observe their responses to the male's song. the enclosures are designed so that the two insects being tested cannot see or smell each other, but sound is transmitted from enclosure a to enclosureb.

A(n) is a molecule influences the way that a molecule reacts.