You Go to Your Favorite Restaurant and Select a Complete

question 9

Essay

You go to your favorite restaurant and select a complete dinner from the menu presented to you. The waiter does not discuss price and you do not ask. Has a contract been formed?

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Definitions:

Ribosome Inactivating Proteins

Proteins that can inactivate ribosomes, inhibiting protein synthesis and having potential applications in medicine.

Ricin

A highly toxic protein derived from the beans of the castor oil plant Ricinus communis, which can cause severe illness or death if ingested, inhaled, or injected.

Inactivate

The process of making something non-functional or unable to perform its normal function.

Ribosomes

Cell organelles composed of RNA and protein, where protein synthesis takes place.