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Topic |
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Biology |
Cell The Unit of Life |
NEET exams |
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Cell The Unit of Life |
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| Cell Theory | Schleiden and Schwann |
| “Omnis cellula-e-cellula” | Rudolf Virchow |
| Coined the term ‘cell’ | Robert Hooke |
| First person to see live cells under microscope | Anton Van Leeuwenhoek |
| Smallest cell | Mycoplasma (0.3μm) |
| Mesosome | Infolding of plasma membrane in prokaryotes- vesicles, tubules or lamellae
Help in DNA replication and cell wall formation |
| Cell envelope | In prokaryotic cells
Made up of glycocalyx (slime or capsule), cell wall and plasma membrane |
| Plasmid | Extra chromosomal, circular DNA in prokaryotic cells |
| Pili and Fimbriae | Help bacteria in attachment |
| Prokaryotic ribosomes | 70S (50S and 30S)
Polysome- several ribosomes attached to mRNA for protein synthesis |
| Bacterial Cell wall | G +ve bacteria- Thick peptidoglycan and teichoic acid
G -ve bacteria- Thin peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharides |
| Peptidoglycan | Polymer of Cross linked monomers- N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) attached to peptide |
| Fluid mosaic model | Singer and Nicolson |
| Endoplasmic reticulum | Rough ER- Protein synthesis
Smooth ER- Lipid synthesis |
| Golgi Complex | Synthesis of glycoproteins and glycolipids |
| Tonoplast | A single membrane surrounding vacuoles |
| Plastids | Double membrane bound and contain extra chromosomal DNA, 70S ribosomes |
| Mitochondria | Double membrane bound and contain extra chromosomal circular DNA, 70S ribosomes.
Site for aerobic respiration. |
| Leucoplasts | Amyloplast- store carbohydrate
Elaioplast- store oil and fat Aleuroplast- store proteins |
| Observed ribosomes for the first time | George Palade |
| Eukaryotic ribosome | 80S (60S and 40S) |
| Robert Brown | First described nucleus |
| Nucleolus | Site for ribosomal RNA synthesis |
| Chromatin is visible at | Interphase nucleus |
| Lysosomes | Contain hydrolytic enzymes |
| Glyoxysomes | Present in plants and some fungi
Degradation of fats in seeds Glyoxalate cycle |
| Peroxisomes | Oxidation of long chain fatty acids
Biosynthesis of plasmalogens Contains oxidative enzymes; uric acid oxidase, catalase, etc. |
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