Lecture 3 Flashcards

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*add more about microscopes

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Lecture 3

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What are 2 types of prokaryotes?

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  1. Bacteria
  2. Archaea
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What are 4 types of eukaryotes?

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  1. Animals
  2. Plants
  3. Fungi
  4. Protists
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Where is DNA found in prokaryotes?

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Nucleoid

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Prokaryotes have a singular, circular ___________ and often ________ circular plasmids

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Chromosome, several

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Where is the DNA housed in Eukaryotes?

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Nucleus

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Eukaryotes have one or more ________ __________.

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Linear chromies

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The cytoplasm consists of ______ and __________.

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Cytosol and organelles

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Cytosol is the __________ liquid, is mostly ______, full of ___________ and smaller ___________ (ex ion, metabolites).

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Aqueous, water, macromolecules, molecules

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The cytoplasm is a ________, _________ biochemical pool.

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Crowded, complex

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Ribosomes are a highly organized machine consisting of ______ and _____. It’s actually more like an ______ than an organelle.

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Proteins, rRNA, enzyme

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Ribosomes read the sequence of mRNA to coordinate their __________ into proteins.

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Translation

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Prokaryotic ribosomes are ________ than eukaryotic ribosomes.

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Smaller

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The cytoskeleton is made of filamentous ________ that participate in many processes such as …..(3)?

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Polymers
-cell division
-cell shape
-intracellular transport

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Prokaryotes have ______, _______ versions of eukaryotic cytoskeleton.

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Simpler, ancient

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What are 5 characteristics of prokaryotes?

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  1. Unicellular ( few rare exception)
  2. Small
  3. No membrane bound organelles
  4. Nucleoid
  5. Single circular chromies and plasmids
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What are 5 characteristics of eukaryotes?

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  1. Uni or multicellular
  2. Small to very large
  3. Membrane bound organelles
  4. Nucleus
  5. Linear DNA in chromies
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What are 5 elements common to all living cells?

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  1. Genetic info paradigm: DNA-> RNA-> protein
  2. Plasma membrane
  3. Cytoplasm
  4. Ribosomes
  5. Cytoskeleton
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Why is GFP (green fluorescent protein) good?

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Visualization of sub cellular structures such as organelles and proteins