denegarcy and protein secretion

Question 1

the genetic code

Answer 1

DNA is considered to be a universal genetic code because every known living organism has genes made of DNA

Question 2

degenerate

Answer 2

single amino acid may be coded for by more than one codon

Question 3

nucleus

Answer 3

stores DNA, controls and regulates activities of the cell

Question 4

rough ER

Answer 4

involved with production, folding, quality control and dispatch of proteins

Question 5

Smooth ER

Answer 5

synthesises lipids and steroid hormones

Question 6

Golgi apparatus

Answer 6

processes and packages proteins and lipid molecules, especially proteins destined to be exported from the cell into vesicles

Question 7

exocytosis

Answer 7

Exocytosis releases substances from the inside of the cell to outside of the cell