Prokaryotic Cells Flashcards
1
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Prokaryotic Cell cycle
A
- They just have one DNA Cell
- they just live to divide
- cell division/ binary fission
- -it will attach DNA to membrane proteins and replicate its DNA
- then it divides the DNA in two
- then it divides the cell in 2 with 1 DNA in each
2
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Plasmids
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pieces of DNA that the cell doesn’t necessarily need
- when it divides ti can sometimes copy this and put it into both cells
- these cells can be incorporated into the cell DNA
- -It can be junk or it can help the cell (like make it immune to antibiotics)
- cells can transfer there plasmids to another cell who doesn’t have them
3
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Cytokinesis of prokaryotic cell division
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- division of cytoplasm (dividing up everything else)
- microfilaments pinch off cells
- 2 daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as parent cells (diploid/2n)