An Experiment
a: Acetylcholine ~
b: a halfback
What: "The fact that inhibition of an enzyme keeps the muscle contracted can be puzzling. To help them understand, the students are asked to consider analogies like a "double negative" or another from football: The neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, is like a halfback. The enzyme is the linebacker; it stops the halfback. If you block the linebacker, the halfback can keep running. Pesticides block the linebacker, allowing the signal to continue."
Useful?
Writer: Milanick, Mark et a
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Date: Apr 29 2013 5:30 PM
# 2773 Critique Analogy