Key Terms Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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Exocytosis
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The process of vesicles fusing with plasma membrane and secreting content.
2
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Membrane-bound organelles
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Organelles surrounded by phospholipid membrane. For example, lysosomes and the Golgi apparatus.
3
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DNA
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Deoxyribonucleic acid- the hereditary material in cells.
4
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Complimentary base pairing
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The way in which nitrogenous base pairings in DNA pair with each other. Adenine (A) always bonds always bonds with Thymine (T) (or uracil (U) in mRNA) and Guanine always bonds with Cytosine.
5
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RNA
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Ribonucleic acid- a molecule of long chains with nucleotides.
