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One Month Following the Ice Storm That Affected Parts of Canada

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One month following the ice storm that affected parts of Canada and the United States, researchers observed a link between an increase in subjective levels of stress and elevated levels of salivary cortisol. What kind of study is this an example of?

Definitions:

Binding Sites

Specific regions on molecules (e.g., enzymes, receptors) where other molecules (e.g., substrates, ligands) can attach or bind.

tRNAs

Small RNA molecules that transport amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis according to the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) transcript.

RNA Polymerase

An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of RNA from a DNA template.

Promoter Sequence

A specific region of DNA where RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcription of the gene.