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Prokaryotic cells

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  • Bacteria and Archaea
  • Small, simple cells
  • No true nucleus
  • No organelles
    First appeared 3.5 Bya
  • Unicellular
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Eukaryotic cells

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  • Plants, Animals, Fungi, and Protists
  • Larger, complex cells
  • Membrane- enclosed organelles
    - Unicellular or multicellular
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Structure of a bacterium

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- capsule
- short projections
- ribosomes
- nucleoid coiled DNA 
- plasmids
- cytoplasm 
- cell wall
- plasma membrane 
- flagellum
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Structure of an idealized animal cell

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  • lysosome
  • ribosomes
  • Golgi apparatus
  • vesicle
  • plasma membrane
  • cytoskeleton
    - cytoplasm
  • flagellum
  • mitochondria
  • nucleus
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • nuclear envelope
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Structure of an idealized plant cell

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  • mitochondrion
  • chloroplast
    - plasma membrane
    - cell wall
  • cell wall of adjoining cell
  • central vacuole
    - cytoplasm
  • vesicle
  • Golgi apparatus
  • cytoskeleton
  • ribosomes
  • nucleus
  • nuclear envelope
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Structure of Endomembrane system

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  • smooth ER
  • Lysosome
  • trans Golgi
  • cis Golgi
  • plasma membrane
  • rough ER
  • Nucleus
  • nuclear envelope
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What two steps does protein production involve ?

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  • transcription * in the nucleus results in the production of RNA from DNA
  • Translation * at the ribosomes results in the production of proteins
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After transcription where does the RNA travel from

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It travels from the nucleus to a ribosome

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Organelle

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Any of several membrane enclosed structures with specrrtared functions, suspended in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells.

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Cell fractionation

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It is used to separate cell connopnents based on size and density

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Cells

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The music structural and functional units of every organism

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Plasma membrane

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The me,brand found in all cells that separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment

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Cytosol

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The semi fluid portion of a cytoplasm

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Chromosomes

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Carries genes in the form of DNA

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Ribosomes

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Tiny complexes that make proteins according to instructions from the genes

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Nucleoid

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A non membrane enclosed region in a prokaryotic cell where it’s chromosome is located

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Fimibriae

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Attachment structures on the surface of some prokaryotes

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Cell wall

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Rigid structure outside the plasma membrane

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Flagella

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Locomotion organelles of some prokaryotes

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Cytoplasm

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The contents of the cell; bounded by the plasma membrane

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Hydrophilic

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Are in contact with aqueous solutions on either side

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Hydrophobic

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Parts of phospholipids and membrane proteins are found in the interior of the membrane

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Nucleus

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An atoms central core, containing protons and neutrons

  • the organelle of a eukaryotic cell that contains the genetic material in the form of chromosomes, made up of chromatin
  • a cluster of neutrons
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Nuclear envelope

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The highly regulated membrane barrier that separates the nucleus from the cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells

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Nuclear Lamina
A netlike array of protein filaments that lines the inner surface of the nuclear envelope and helps maintain the shape of the nucleus
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Chromosomes
A cellular structure consisting of one DNA molecule and associated protein molecules
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Chromatin
The complex of DNA and proteins that makes up eukaryotic chromosomes.
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Nucleolus
A specialized structure in the nucleus, consisting of chromosomal regions containing ribosomal RNA genes along with ribosomal proteins imported from the cytoplasm
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Ribosomal RNA ( rRNA)
Is synthesized from genes in the DNA
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Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Carries information from the DNA
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Endomembrane system
The collection of membranes inside and surrounding a eukaryotic cell, related either through direct physical contact or by the transfer of membranous vesicles
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Vesicles
A membrane bound sac in or outside a cell
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Golgi apparatus
An organelle in eukaryotic cells consisting of stacks of flat membranous sacs that modify, store, and route products of the endoplasmic reticulum and synthesize some products, notably non cellulose carbohydrates
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Mitochondrion
An organelle in eukaryotic cells that serves as the site of cellular respiration; uses oxygen to break down organic molecules and synthesizes ATP
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Chloroplasts
An organelle found in plants and photosynthetic protists that absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water
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Crista
An in folding of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion
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Mitochondrial matrix
The compartment of the mitochondrion enclosed by the inner membrane and contains enzymes and substrates for the citric acid cycle, as well as ribosomes and DNA
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Thylakoids
A flattened, membranous sac inside a Chloroplast. They often exist in stacks called grana that are interconnected; their membranes contain molecular machinery used to convert light energy to chemical energy
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Granum
A stack of membrane bounded thylakoids in the chloroplast. Grana function in the light reactions Of photosynthesis
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Stroma
The dense fluid within the chloroplast surrounding the thylakoids membrane and containing ribosomes and dna
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Plastids
One of a family of closely related organelles that includes chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and amyloplasts. Plastids are found in cells of photosynthetic eukaryotes.
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Peroxisome
An organelle containing enzymes that transfer hydrogen atoms from various substrates to oxygen , producing and then degrading hydrogen peroxide.
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Motor proteins
A protein that interacts with cytoskeletal elements and other cell components, producing movement of the whole cell or parts of the cell
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Microtubules
A hollow rod composed of tubulin proteins that makes up part of the cytoskeleton in all eukaryotic cells and is found in cilia and flagella
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Centrosome
A structure present in the cytoplasm of animal cells that functions as a microtubule organizing center and is important during cell division. It has two centrioles
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Centriole
A structure in the centrosome of an animal cell composed of a cylinder of microtubule triplets in a 9 + 0 pattern. A centrosome has a pair of centrioles.
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Cilia
A short appendage containing microtubules in eukaryotic cells.
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Primary cell wall
In plants, a relatively thin and flexible layer that surrounds the plasma membrane of a young cell
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Middle lamella
In plants, a thin layer of adhesive extra cellular material, primarily pectins, found between the primary walls of adjacent young cells
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Secondary cell wall
In plant cells, a strong and durable matrix that is often deposited in several laminated layers around the plasma membrane and provides protection and support
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Extracellular matrix
The mesh work surrounding animal cells, consisting of glycoproteins, polysaccharides, and proteoglycans synthesized and secreted by cells
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Collagen
A glycoproteins in the extra cellular matrix of animal cells that forms string fibers, found extensively in connective tissue and bone
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Proteoglycan
A large molecule consisting of a small core protein with many carbohydrate chains attached, found in the extracellular matrix of animal cells
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Fibromectin
An extra cellular glycoprotein secreted by animal cells that helps them attach to the extracellular matrix
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Integrin
In animal cells, a transmembrane receptor protein with two subunits that interconnects the extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton
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Plasmodesmata
An open channel through the cell wall that connects the cytoplasm of adjacent plant cells,allowing water, small solutes, and some larger molecules to pass between the cells

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