Cell Biology and Cell Structure notes
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- Chemical Components of Cells9
- Cell Membranes and Signaling13
- Cell Organelles9
- Nucleus and Nuclear Transport6
- Mitochondria and Peroxisomes6
- Endomembrane System and Protein Transport22
- Cytoskeleton and Motor Proteins23
- Extracellular Matrix and Cell Adhesion19
- Cell Death and Apoptosis7
- Stem Cells and Cell Renewal6
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Topic 7 - Key Terms adult stem cells - Undifferentiated cells found in various tissues throughout the body that divide to generate cells that repair and replace cells in that tissue. (T7P2) AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) -...
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Matrix Elasticity (2006) - created from Mind Map Review: Extracellular matrix: A dynamic microenvironment for stem cell niche (2014) Stiffness Gradients Mimicking In Vivo Tissue Variation Regulate Mesenchymal Stem Cell Fate (2011) (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/...
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Biochemistry May 13 Biochemistry May 13 Draw a diagram of a typical cellular membrane. Some membrane proteins act as channels or pumps to transport specific molecules or ions into the cell. Why are proteins needed to carry out this task?...
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Water Water is the most abundant molecules in most cells - 60% to 90% of the mass of the cell. Macromolecules components of cells assume their characteristic shapes in response to water. Lots of metabolic machinery of cell ...
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Untitled Mitochondria are elongated, fluid-filled sacs 2-5 um long, with a tendency to change size and shape somewhat. These organelles house most of the biochemical reactions that extract energy from the nutrient molecules in...
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Biochemistry - how can amoeba help treat cancer? Dictyostelium = eukaryotic, phagocytic, (usually) single-celled organisms form complex multicellular organism when starved (aggregation) - starvation initiates release of glycoproteins (allows adhesion of cells) and a...
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Cell signalling - created from Mind Map Extracellular signal molecules Distance Gap Junctions
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Ch. 3 Bioenergetics, Enzymes, and Metabolism - created from Mind Map
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Molecules to cells summary Lecture 1 Prokaryotes include BACTERIA and ARCHEA MODEL CELL SYSTEM Have TWO types LOWER EUKARYOTES - YEAST = Used to look at genetic approaches and see how they work HIGHER EUKARYOTES -  ...
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Biochem Lecture 1 The Origin of Life · Simple inorganic molecules combined to form more complex molecules through a process of chemical evolution. Major stages include: o Prebiotic era (more than 3.5 billion years ago), inorganic mater...
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Topic 7 - Learning Outcomes Topic 7.1 Cell death Describe the key features and characteristics of cell death by apoptosis, autophagy and necrosis. Describe the roles of mitochondria in cell death pathways. Explain how caspase enzymes are activat...
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The notes bring together different aspects of cell biology in a readable format. They include material on membrane proteins, cell signalling, water in cells, and cell death. Other notes cover extracellular matrix elasticity, bioenergetics and the origin of life.
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Start with Molecules to cells summary for an overview that introduces prokaryotes and model cell systems. For a more focused topic, the notes on membrane proteins include a prompt to draw a typical cellular membrane and consider why proteins are needed for transport.
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