Biology Flashcards
Functional unit of the Kidney
Nephron
First step of cellular respiration that splits glucose
Glycolysis
Disease caused by lack of collagen that results in overly flexible joints
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Form of endocytosis when cells in the immune system completely engulf organisms. Lysosomes break the rest down. Macrophages
Phagocytosis
Programmed cell death which is initatied by the BAX and BAD proteins
Apoptosis
mRNA codons match up with a tRNA molecule to create a polypeptide
Translation
Waxy outer layer of plants that protects against viruses
Cuticle
Wright-Fisher model models this phenomenon by solving the Markov chain
Genetic Drift
Deletion of CTT nucleotides leads to this disease
Cystic Fibrosis
Animals that have a uropygial gland that gives off oil
Birds
Unlike Hemoglobin, this element does not bind with oxygen, so it does not have a binding curve
Myoglobin
Plot that calculates the number of angles in each protein monomer
Ramachandran plot
Some have a skeletal structure made up of spicules
Porifira
Male organ of the plant
Stamen
Lipids that form the bilayer of the cell membrane
Phospholipids
Uncontrolled cell death like gangrene
Necrosis
Doctor who discovered that cancer cells relied on glycolysis
Warburg
Organisms that only grow without oxygen
Obligate
Technique that uses synthetic primers to match DNA bits
PCR
Organelle that is connected to the nuclear envelope
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Methionine is produced by the “start” ones, TAA, TAG, and TGA for DNA
Codon
means “little brain”, back of brain, balance
cerebellum
Climbing fibers in this area of the brain, controls heart rate
Medulla
Extra lobe called Lalouette’s pyramid, Hashimoto and Graves disease
Thyroid gland
Component in Ringer’s solution and Hartmann’s solution, takes part in gluconeogenesis
Lactic Acid
Miller–Fisher syndrome takes place here
Cerebellum
“Jumping genes” ac’ds system in Maize
Transposons
Polymer in mollusks that makes up the exoskeleton, strengthened with Sclerotin
Chitin
When cells link around their cytoplasm not their nuclei, seen in Fungi
Plasmogamy
Flux around it determined with the GHK (or Goldman) equation
Cell Membrane
Process of “Knocking down” a gene, initiated by the enzyme dicer
RNA interference
TIM/TOM complex in this organelle, Leber Neuropathy causes vision loss from here
Mitochondrion
Sangar method to do this, which in another technique measures the amount of pyrophosphate
DNA Sequencing
Proteins lose their 3D structure in this first step of the PCR
Denaturation
Circular pieces of DNA in Bacteria, contain the green fluorescent protein
Plasmids
Organelles that break H2O2 apart, contains catalase. A non-functional one gives Zellweger syndrome
Peroxisomes
They begin as Reticulocytes, but are broken down in the spleen when they have a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Red Blood Cells
Interaction between Hemoglobin and Carbon Dioxide
Haldane effect
Interaction between Hemoglobin and Oxygen leading to a low pH
Bohr effect
Sister chromatids are moved to opposite points in the cell
Anaphase