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| Composition and function of Microtubules, Intermediate filaments, and Microfilaments |
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1) hollow, made of tubulin; scaffold, transport, division (TuDiTS)
2)fibrous protein; mechanical strength
3)actin; structure (esp. for microvilli), movement(esp. contractile) |
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| Chromatin, and its subunit |
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| DNA complexed with histones. A nucleosome is one set of histones with DNA wrapped around it (the subunit). |
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| Differences b/t rough and smooth ER |
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Rough: ribosomes attached, proteins produced and modified
Smooth: no ribosomes, lipids produced |
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| interior spaces isolated from rest of cell |
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| breaks down fatty acids & amino acids to make H2O2 (which can be used as a neurotransmitter) |
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| infolding of inner membrane |
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| substance inside the inner membrane |
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Centrioles
location and purpose(s) |
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| centrosome; microtubule/spindle fiber production |
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Cilia
description, purpose, example |
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| appendages projecting from cell surface; move materials over cell surface; coughing |
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Flagella
description, purpose, example |
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| Long ciliate appendages, but usually only one per cell; cell movement; sperm |
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| DNA strand which contains triplets, and is copied into RNA |
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| three bases on sense strand which correspond to a codon on the RNA |
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| messenger RNA: contains codons necessary for protein synthesis |
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| transfer RNA: contains anticodons which bind the codons (mRNA) in the ribosome, and binds a specfic amino acid for protein production |
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| ribosomal RNA: RNA which makes up a part of the ribosome, stabilizes mRNA and tRNA during protein synthesis |
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