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One of these substances called TE additionally chelates magnesium ions, making it ideal for (15[1])storing DNA. Britton and Robinson name a “universal” one of these substances. Citrate and phosphate are found in one (15[1])of these substances named for McIlvaine, which is mixed with glycerol to create mounting medium. CAPS, MOPS, and HEPES are three in a series of twenty of these agents used in biology named for Norman (10[1])(*) Good, most of which (10[1])are zwitterionic compounds. The bicarbonate system in blood acts as one of (10[1])these (10[1])agents. The capacity of these agents is highest when their pH equals their pKa, which is a consequence of the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. For 10 points, name these solutions that usually consist of an acid and its conjugate base to keep pH constant. ■END■

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Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AStanford1415
Pranav SivaramOhioMichigan C3315
Ryan ZhangPenn State AIowa State6810
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateWUSTL7210
Rasheeq AzadNorth CarolinaIowa8410
Kevin ZhengMichigan BPenn State B8510

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%33%17%75.33
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2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%33%0%59.33
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