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39 Cards in this Set
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What is the #1 job of protiens?
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Structure
-keratin,cartilage -microtubulin, made of tubulin -microfilaments, made of actin |
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What are 5 major cell organelles made of Microfilaments and microtubules?
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-cytoskeleton
-centrioles -basal bodies -mitotic spindle -cilia and flagella |
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What are the functions of the cytoskeleton?
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-compartmentalization
-gives cell shape |
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What is the array motif of centrioles, which by the way are found only in animals?
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9+0
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Where are basal bodies found?
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in the cell membrane
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What do basal bodies do?
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anchor cilia and flagella
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What is the array motif of a basal body?
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9+0
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What is the mitotic spindle?
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asters and chromosome tracks
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What kind of array motif are cilia and flagella?
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9+2
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Cilia or Flagella?
short 10 - 20 microns |
cilia
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Cilia or Flagella?
hundreds of them |
cilia
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Cilia or Flagella?
rythmic wave like fashion |
cilia
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Cilia or Flagella?
SOMETIMES used for locomotion |
cilia
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Cilia or Flagella?
Usually propels fluid across the surface |
cilia
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Cilia or Flagella?
examples inclue respitory track, auditory canal, and paramecium |
cilia
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Cilia or Flagella?
Long 100-200 microns |
flagella
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Cilia or Flagella?
only a few present |
flagella
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Cilia or Flagella?
whip like movement |
flagella
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Cilia or Flagella?
always used for locomotion |
flagella
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Cilia or Flagella?
examples include euglena, sperm, and many bacteria |
flagella
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What is the #2 job of protiens?
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run metabolism using enzymes
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What is the #3 job of protiens?
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Membrane transport ( integral protiens) - plain rubber duckies
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#4 job of protiens?
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cell recognition- recognition glycoprotiens
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#5 job of protiens?
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cell stimulation
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# of different recipes in 46 chromosomes?
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25,000
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How many steps of the ladder does it take to make a gene?
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1200
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Whats the length of each step?
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.34 nm
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How wide is DNA all together?
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2nm
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When a DNA repeats its pattern of grooves , how many steps has it been?
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10
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What is a pattern of grooves in DNA called?
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a pitch
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How many billion nucleotides are there?
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6 billion
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How much does a base pair weigh?
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660 daltons. Correct this if it is wrong.
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Who discovered the shape of DNA? 4 people?
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Watson , Crick, Wilkins, Rosalyn Franklin (who died of cancer).
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What is the #6 job of protiens?
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Gives regulatikon receptors and activators protiens that land on DNA and up down regulate it.
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What is the #7 job of protiens?
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To regulate body functions
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What is Vasoprosin?
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an antidieuretic. a anti-pee hormone
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What is the #8 job of protiens?
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transport stuff through the body
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What is the #9 job of protiens?
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movement and contraction
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What is the #10 job of protiens?
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Defense
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