Tour of the Cell
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Eifebeginsatthecellularlevelafthoughmicroscopicacell
containscomplexmachinarycapableofsupportingallof
life'sprocesses
anystudyofbiologycantherefore
benefitfroman examinationof
cellularstructures
the microscopic world of cells
micrographsphotographstakenofmicroscopestightmicroscopes
canmagnifyuptoabout ooocooeeelectronmicroscopesusebeams
ofelectronsratherthaneightandcanshowobjectsabouttootimes
smallerthaneightmicroscopesorganismsareeithersingleawed
hsuchasprokaryotesandprotists ormulticellularlikeplantsanimals
mostfungiourbodiesare a cooperativesocietyoftrinionsofmanof
manyspecialisedtypes
thecelltheorystatesthatareairingwingsarecomposed
ofcells
andthatallcellscomefromearlieraus everycuein
yourbodyandineveryotherlivingorganismonearthwas
formedbydivisionof a previouslylivingnee
biologistsclassifyalllifeintotruemajorgroupscaned
domainsoiganismsofthedomainsbacteria archaeaare
composedofprokaryotic au prokaryotes organismsofthedo
mainEukarya includingprotistsplantsfungiand
animalsarecomposed
ofeukaryoticcells eukaryotes Every
organismthatyoucansee4yourowneyesisaeukaryote
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chromosomes aretightly
DNAistheselfreplicatingmaterialpresentinnearlyweareerring coiledbundles
ofDNAand
organisms it isthemainconstituentofchromosomesandthe proteinfoundinthemic
carrierofgeneticinformation lensofmostlivingcells
Aproteinlinedchannelin thenuclearenvelopethat
regulatesthetransportation ofmoleculesbetweenthe
nucleusand the cytoplasm is called a nuclearpore
Thenucleus in the mostprominentmembrane bound thesoundbodythat sits
organelleineukaryoticcans ithousesmostofmeeee'sDNA insidethenucleusofa
eukaryoticau andmakersibosmae
Thenuclearenvelope isthetwolayeredmembranethatencasesthenucleus subunitsfromproteinsandrib
ofaeukaryoticcell separatingthenucleusfromthecytoplasm osmaeRNAisknownasthe
nucleolus
RNA in and in allstepsofproteinsynthesis and
carriesthegeneticinformationofmanyviruses