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Vesicles |
Tiny membranous bags |
Temporarily contain molecules for transport or later use |
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Centrosome |
Region of cytoskeleton that includes two cylindrical groupings of microtubules called centroles |
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Microvilli |
Short, finger like extensions of plasma membrane supported internally by microfilaments |
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Flagella |
Hair like extensions of plasma membrane, supported internally by cylindrical formation of microtubules, sometimes with attached the molecular motors you |
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Cilia |
Moderate too long hair like extensions of plasma membrane supported internally buy a cylindrical formation of microtubules, sometimes with attached molecular motors |
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Cytoskeleton |
Network of interconnected flexible filaments, stiff tubules, and molecular motors within the cell |
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Proteasomes |
Hollow pontine cylinders with embedded enzymes |
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Peroxisomes |
Tiny membranous bags containing enzymes |
Function: enzymes detoxify harmful substances in the sale |
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Mitochondria |
Tiny membranous capsule surrounding and inner, highly folded membrane embedded with enzymes, has small, ringlike chromosomes |
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Plasma membrane |
Phospholipid bilayer reinforced with cholesterol and embedded with proteins and other organic molecules |
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Golgi apparatus |
Sack of flattened sacs (cisternae) surrounded by vesicle |
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Nucleolus |
Dense area of chromatin and related molecules within nucleus |
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Nucleus |
It usually central, vehicle double- container of chromatin(dna); has large pores |
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Lysosome |
Tiny membranous a bag containing enzymes |
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Ribosomes |
Small particles assembled from two tiny subunits of rRNA and protein |
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Rough endoplasmic reticulum |
Broad, flattened sacs that extend outward from the boundary of the nucleus. re are facts are dotted with innumerable small granules called ribosomes |
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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum |
More tubular instruction in locked ribosomes on its surface |
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Microfilaments |
The smallest cell fibers |
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Intermediate filaments |
Twisted protein strands that are slightly thicker than microfilaments |
Function: the actors that tendons and ligaments of the cell, holding the cell together as it is pushed and pulled |
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Microtubules |
The thickest of cell fiber, hollow tubes. Made of protein subunits arranged in a spiral fashion |
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Centrioles |
A pair of cylindrical structures |
Function: appear as two dots near the nucleus |
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Desmosome |
Have the appearance of small "spot welds" that adjacent cells together |
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Gap junction |
Form when membrane channel two adjacent plasma membranes connect to each other |
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Tight junction |
Occurs in cells that are joined near there apical surfaces by "collars"of tightly fused membrane |
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Anaerobic |
Requires no oxygen |
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Aerobic |
Oxygen is required for this sequence of reactions to occur |
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Glycolysis |
Is a catabolic pathway that begins with glucose, which contains six carbon atoms per molecule, and ends with pyruvic acid, which contains only three carbon atoms per molecule |
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Hydrolases |
Digestive enzymes belong to this group. The hydrolyzing enzymes were named after the substrate acted on |
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Carboxylases |
Enzymes that add or remove carbon dioxide |
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Decarboxyases |
Enzymes that add or remove carbon dioxide |
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Phosphorylases |
these add or remove phosphate groups |
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Intron |
Noncoding part of DNA |
Function : introns sediments are removed by a complicated process involving small nuclear structures called spicesosmes |
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Isomerase |
Enzymes they rearranged items within molecules |
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Mutase |
Enzymes that rearrange atoms within molecules |
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Exons |
Segment that are copies of the DNA |
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Hydrases |
Add water to a molecule without splitting it, as do hydrolases |
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Oxidase |
Energy release for muscular contraction and all psychological work depends on these enzymes |
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Transcription |
Synthesis of any RNA molecules |
Copies or transcribes a portion of the DNA code |
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tRNA |
Single, folded strand of nucleotides, has an anticodon at one end and an amino acid-binding site at the other end |
Terribe Pacific amino acid to a specific codon of messenger RNA at the ribosome during translation |
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mRNA |
Single, unfolded strand of nucleotides |
Serve as working copy of 1 protein coding genes |
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RNAi |
Translation can be inhibited or prevented |
The concept of silencing by appearing with the process of translating the genes |
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Translation |
The genetic code that forms a specific sequence of amino acids |
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Metaphase |
Chromosomes align across the equator of the spindle fiber at its centromere |
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Anaphase |
Each centromeres split, thereby detaching two chromatids that compose each chromosome from each other, elongating in the process |
DNA molecules start uncoiing |
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Telophase |
Changes occurring during telophase essentially reverse those taking place during prophase. A nuclear envelope form again to enclose each new set of chromosomes |
Andale fibers disappear |
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Prophase |
Chromosomes shorten and second, each chromosome consist of two chromatids attached at the centromere |
Nucleoli and the nuclear membrane disappear |
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Cytosol |
Intracellular fluid contains dissolved nutrients, ions, soluble and insoluble proteins and waste products |
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Acetyl coenzyme A |
Transition step that prepares a pyruvic acid to enter the Krebs cycle |
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NAD |
A location word dehydrogenase enzyme transfer electrons |
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Lactic acid colorless yellowish therapy water soluble liquid |
By-product of anaerobic glucose metabolism |
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Citric acid cycle |
Oxidative metabolism of a sealed units and produces high-energy phosphate compound seen as atp |
Oxygen, ATP production |
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Primary cilillum |
Help shape cellular responses to the environment, and help develop homeostasis in the body |
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Haploid |
Have any single set of unpaired chromosomes |
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Electron transport system |
Sequence redox reduction reactions that transfer electrons and protons across a membrane to generate a proton gradient that drives ATP synthesis |
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Diploid |
Cell or organism consisting of two sets of chromosomes |
Double |
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Centromere |
The point on a chromosome by which it is attached to a spindle fibers during cell division |
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Hydrogenases |
An enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a particular substance by hydrogen |
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Uracil |
A compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of RNA |
in DNA its place takes thymine |
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Adenine |
A compound that is one of four constituent bases of nucleic acid |
And with thymine in double stranded DNA |
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Thymine |
Found in DNA but not RNA derived from high riddim in pairs with adenine |
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Chaperone protein |
Are proteins that assist us invalent folding of unfolding and the assembly or disassembly of other macromolecules structures |
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Telomere |
The end of a chromosome |
I'll be a telomere is a length of DNA that is made up of a repeating sequence of 6 nucleotide bases. TTAGGG |