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Bohr models
Electron cloud model
Water molecule
Molecules in water (solution)
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In
this space-filling model, glucose (center molecule) is a polar
molecule with unequal sharing of electrons. It dissolves
easily in water because the positive regions of a water molecule
are attracted to glucose's negative regions and the negative
regions of a water molecule are attracted to glucose's positive
regions --so they "get along"
From
http://bio.winona.edu/berg/Free.htm
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Glucose molecule
Phospholipid molecules
Source: http://bio.winona.msus.edu/berg/Free.htm
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Phospholipid bilayer
(a simple model)
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Phospholipid
bilayer (a current
detailed model)
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Cholesterol molecule
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Cholesterol (its
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Tertiary Protein
Quaternary Protein
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Computer
model of a quaternary protein (hemoglobin)
Check out this
odd-shaped protein: click
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Allosteric effect
DNA molecule
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DNA molecule (left) is made up of
nucleotides. Each DNA nucleotide is a sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate,
and a base (A, C, T, or G).
Adenine, represented as simply
"A" in the DNA model, actually looks like this:

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ATP molecule
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ATP is a modified adenine-containing
nucleotide.
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