The Parts Of The Prokaryotic Cell

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chromosome

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in animal cells, a structure in the nucleus containing a linear thread of DNA which transmits genetic information and is associated with RNA and histones

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plasmid

Back 2

an extrachromosomal self-replicating structure of bacterial cells that carries genes for a variety of functions not essential for cell growth and that can be transferred to other cells by conjugation or transduction

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ribosome

Back 3

any of the intracellular ribonucleoprotein particles concerned with protein synthesis; they consist of reversibly dissociable units and are found either bound to cell membranes or free in the cytoplasm.

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cell membrane

Back 4

A minute round cytoplasmic particle composed of RNA and protein that is the site of protein synthesis as directed by mRNA

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cytoskeleton

Back 5

a conspicuous internal reinforcement in the cytoplasm of a cell, consisting of tonofibrils, filaments of the terminal web, and other microfilaments

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fimbria or pilus

Back 6

A fringelike anatomical part or structure

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flagellum

Back 7

a long, mobile, whiplike appendage arising from a basal body at the surface of a cell, serving as a locomotor organelle

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inclusion (storage)

Back 8

anything that is enclosed; a cell inclusion

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capsule of slime layer

Back 9

a cartilaginous, fatty, fibrous, membranous structure enveloping another structure, organ, or part

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spore

Back 10

the reproductive element, produced sexually or asexually, of one of the lower organisms, such as protozoa, fungi, algae