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| packaging and shipping center of the cell |
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| organelles which are associated with protein production |
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| large complex cell which contains organelles and a nucleus |
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| the basic structural and functional unit of living organisms |
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| fluid portion of a cell which surrounds organelles |
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| powerhouse of the cell (site of ATP production) |
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| small simple cell which lacks a nucleus and organelles |
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| a molecule (such as water) with opposite charges on opposite sides |
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| a compound that is nonionic or does not dissociate into ions. |
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doesnt require ATP to move stuff across the cell
of transport by which ions or molecules move along a concentration gradient, which means movement from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. |
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| interior living portion of the cells |
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| contains the gentic info of the cell |
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| lil organs w/ in the protoplasm |
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| histocompatability antigens |
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antigen that determines acceptance or rejection of a tissue t by the immune system.
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| processes by which an extracellular signal interacts with a receptor at the cell surface, causing a change in the level of a second messenger and ultimately effects a change in the cells functioning |
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| specific point on the surface of the enzyme where it can physically attach itself to a substrate |
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EGF
epidermal growth factor |
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| plays an important role in the regulation of cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation by binding to its receptor |
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the gradule change in the # of molecules per unit of volume over distance
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(living things do this)
conditions in which molecules are equally dispersed: therefore, movement is equal in all directions |
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| the process a cell uses to wrap membrane around a particle and engulf it |
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| receptor meditated endocytosis |
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| the process from which the molecules the cell surroundings bind to receptor molecule son the plasma membrane followed by the membrane folding into the cell so that the cell engulfs these molecuels |
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| sending stuff out of the cell |
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| plant cells have all the same as an animal cell except |
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| they have chloroplasts, vacuole and a cell wall |
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| have a cell membrane, a cell wall and DNA |
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