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Molecular Biology

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Understanding interactions inside cells

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Rudolph Virchow

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Discovered cells reproduce

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Robert Hooke

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Discovered cells

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Cell

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The smallest unit of matter that can carry on all processes of life

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Anton Leeuwenhoek

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Discovered live cells

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Mathias Schlieden

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Discovered plant cells

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Theodore Schwann

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Discovered animal cells

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Cell Theory

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all living things are composed of one or more cells; the cell is the basic unit of life; and new cells arise from existing cells

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The diversity in ____ is a reflection of the diversity in ___

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Cell shape, cell function

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Cells are limited by the ratio between their

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Surface area and volume

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Eukaryote

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Organism that consists of cells with a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

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Prokaryote

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Organism whose cells do not have a nucleus or membrane bound organelles

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In prokaryotes,

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DNA is circular, and in the nucleoid region

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Number of chromosomes in cells

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46

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Colonial organism

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collection of genetically identical cells that live together in a connected group

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Plasma membrane

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Cell membrane, boundary of cell

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Cell membrane

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A phospholipid bilayer, controls what enters and leaves a cell

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Integral protein

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Embedded inside the cell membrane, forms pores or channels

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Peripheral protein

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On either side of a cell, acts as carrier proteins

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Cholesterol

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Holds cell wall together

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Pilli

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Hair like structures on the outside of prokaryotes

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Plasmid

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DNA like structure, allows prokaryotes to share traits

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Ribosome smaller subunit binds to

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mRNA

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Ribosome bigger subunit binds to

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tRNA

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