What is the name of the surface appendages that allow bacterium to stick to a surface?
filmbriae
What are the three attributes of mitochondria and chloroplasts that suggest they were once free-living bacteria?
they have their own chromosomes, they replicate independently, they produce their own ribosomes
A certain eukaryotic cell specializes in synthesizing lipids. What organelle would be found in greater abundance in the cell type than in cells that don’t synthesize lipids?
smooth er
An abundance of peroxisomes in a cell may mean…
the cell is specialized for oxidizing molecules
Molecular zip codes direct molecules to particular destinations in the cell. How are these signals read?
they bind to receptor proteins
What is the correct sequence for secreted protein movement through the endo-membrane system?
ER, cis-golgi, trans-golgi, vesicles
Endocytosis moves materials ____ a cell via ____
into; membranous vesicles
