THE CELL Membrane Structure Location Function Active Transport Passive Transport Nucleus Membrane Nucleic acids DNA - Replication RNA - Transcription Bases Pyrimidines Cytosine Thymine Uracil Purines Adenine Guanine Chromatin granules DNA Histoproteins Chromosomes Nucleolus Transcription mRNA - Travels to ER Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Membrane Rough (r) - Ribosomes Smooth Protein Synthesis Translation of mRNA Ribosomal sub-units Large an small grasp mRNA t-RNA Clover leaf shape Anticodon on one end Amino Acid receptor opposite Genetic Code One gene one protein Groups of three bases Combinations One position, four possibilities 4 x 4 x 4 = 64 Code for Amino acids Redundancy Punctuation Grouping A-T, G-C, (U) Mitochondria Double walled Cristae internal Power plants of the cell Unique self-perpetuating units Krebs citric acid cycle ADP + Pi -- ATP Golgi apparatus Synthesis Packaging Secretion Lysosome Enzymes Proteases Lipases Carbohydrases DNAase and RNAase Maintained in life Pinocytotic Vesicles Vacuole formation Endocytosis Exocytosis Centrosomes Non-membranous 2 Centrioles Bundles of Fibers Tubes (microtubules) Asters of mitosis Cytoplasmic Matrix Matrix Microfibers Microtubules Cytoplasm Cellular liquid Dissolved Organics Inorganics Movement Cilia - from Basal Bodies Flagella - from centriole Amoeboid - Actin-Myosin type proteins Mitosis Cell Cycle I .....G1 -- S -- G2 -- M -- G1 .....I | -- Interphase --| G - Gap or Growth S - Synthesis M - Mitosis I - Interphase Mitosis Prophase Nuclear membrane breaks down Chromosomes form and thicken Spindle fibers attach to Chromatids (Duplicated chromosomes) Metaphase Pairs of chromosomes Align at equator Anaphase Chromosomes separate Move towards opposite poles Telophase Cleavage furrow around equator Nuclear membrane forms Nucleolus forms