ECM

Question 0

name a nuclear if disease and a cytoplasmic one.

what happens if neurofilaments are affected?

Answer 0

cardiomyopathy / muscular dystrophy
blistering skin, brittle hair and nails (keratin).
neuropathies.

Question 1

describe drugs that interfere with microtubules.

Answer 1

stabilise microtubules - interfering with dynamic instability of mitotic spindle and blocking cell division.

Question 2

what features of cells suggest that they evolved from a common ancestor?

Answer 2

plasma membrane

genetic material in DNA form.

Question 3

what are the two main classes of prokaryotes?

Give an example of a single celled eukaryote.

Answer 3

bacteria and archaea.

yeast, algae, protozoans.

Question 4

how big are eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?

Answer 4

5-50 micrometers

1 - a few micrometers.

Question 5

how does the RER and Golgi differ?

Answer 5

system of interconnected closed membrane vesicles

stack of flattened membrane vesicles.

Question 6

how do the cytosol and the cytoplasm differ?

Answer 6

former - fraction after organelles & membranes removed.

latter - inside plasma membrane but outside nucleus.