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The Cell and Its Organisation
Biotechnology · Chapter 4 · 2. Cell Biology
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- Cell as the basic unit of life; prokaryotes versus eukaryotes (nucleus, chromosomes, plasmids, 70S and 80S ribosomes)
- Structure of a bacterial cell: cell wall, cell membrane, nucleoid, ribosomes and plasmids
- Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria: cell wall composition, flagella, resistance and Gram staining
- Cell organelles and their roles: nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, ER, Golgi apparatus, ribosomes
- Chromosome organisation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; chromatids, homologous chromosomes, types by centromere position; chromosome numbers of human, mouse, pea and onion