The syndrome of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is a disease of maternal inheritance.  Which of the following best describes MELAS?

Which of the following is true regarding mitochondria?

During heart attack, damaged cardiomyocytes release troponins into plasma and plasma troponin levels are used for diagnostic purposes.  Cardiac troponin associates with which of the following in healthy cardiac muscle?

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex is caused by abnormal function of __________ proteins.

Actin mediated ATP hydrolysis __________.

Which of the following is conjugated to phosphatidylethanolamine?

Taxol is effective in treating some cancers because it preferentially __________.

Rigor mortis occurs when skeletal muscle tissue is depleted of ATP.  In the absence of ATP, which of the following best explains the molecular basis for rigor mortis?

Which of the following functions to spread the wave of depolarization from the sarcolemma throughout the interior of striated muscle cells?

Most myosin family proteins __________.