2.01 Introduction to Cell Module Flashcards
Father of modern pathology
Rudolf Carl Virchow
All cells develop only from existing cells
Omnis cellula e cellula
Contains cellular genetic material
Nucleus
Gel-like substance that fills up the cell
Cytoplasm
A lipid bilayer that separates the cell from the external environment
Cell Membrane
Compartmentalized
Eukaryotic cell
Lack of defined internal compartment
Bacterium (Prokaryotic cell)
Supramolecular assembly
Virus
Major reactant for photosynthesis
Where majority of biological interactions take place
Crucial in building and breaking down of biomolecules
Water
Biological polymers are made through the process of ______
Condensation
Biological polymers are broken by the process of _____
Hydrolysis
Replication, transcription, translation
Central Dogma
Polymers of alpha-amino acids liked by peptide bonds
Protein
Built from monosaccharides, linked by glycosidic bonds
Carbohydrate
Nucleotides linked by 3’-5’ phosphodiester bonds
Nucleic acids