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History of cell biology
What did bernard do 1,
What did vitalists think 2,
What did hooke do 3
8  cards
Visualising cells
What are the advantages of light ...,
What sort of objects can a light ...,
What is the smallest size a light...
36  cards
The origin of life
Where is the first life thought t...,
What does rna stand for 2,
What is thought to be key to orig...
62  cards
intro to cells
What are the types of unicellular...,
What are the types of multicellul...,
What are the types of prokaryotes 3
26  cards
basic building blocks of biology
Which molecules make up 99 of ato...,
How much of a cell s weight does ...,
What does hydrophilic mean 3
23  cards
Nucleotides
What is a basic nucleotide made of 1,
What are phosphates joined to in ...,
What are the types of phosphates ...
35  cards
Amino acids
What is the alpha amino group in ...,
What is the alpha carboxyl group ...,
What is the alpha carbon in amino...
19  cards
Sugars
What is the simplest sugar 1,
What is the general formula of mo...,
What is another name for sugars 3
35  cards
lipids
What is an example of a fatty aci...,
What features do fatty acids have 2,
What type of structure is fatty a...
22  cards
bacteria
How are bacteria classified 1,
What is a gram stain 2,
What does the cytoplasm contain 3
51  cards
plants
How do plant cells differ to anim...,
What are vacuoles 2,
Draw the structure of a plant cell 3
33  cards
viruses
What is the largest virus and wha...,
What is the genetic material in d...,
What is the genetic material in r...
37  cards
DNA synthesis
What are the segments of dna that...,
What must happen before transcrip...,
What are the steps of dna to prot...
48  cards
transcription
What does transcription produce 1,
What is the first step of transcr...,
What acts as a template for trans...
38  cards
translation
Where is mrna located after trans...,
What does er stand for 2,
What is the er 3
41  cards
the cell membrane
What does the plasma membrane do 1,
What is the general structure of ...,
How tall is the lipid bilayer 3
44  cards
transport in the cell
What is the cytosol 1,
What does the golgi apparatus do 2,
What does the lysosome do 3
38  cards
cell metabolism
What are the two opposing stream ...,
What are catabolic pathways 2,
What are anabolic pathways 3
77  cards
The mitochondrion and energy generation
What are the intracellular compar...,
What is the matrix and what does ...,
What is the inner membrane and wh...
27  cards
proteins
What are proteins made up of 1,
What catalyses the reaction of am...,
What type of reaction is peptide ...
67  cards
enzymes
What do enzymes do 1,
What is each type of enzyme withi...,
What does hydrolase catalyse 3
45  cards
enzyme kinetics
What type of reaction does lysozy...,
What happens in the reaction that...,
How does lysozyme catalyse the re...
18  cards
DNA techniques
Which scientific technological te...,
What do restriction nucleases do 2,
What does dna ligation do 3
33  cards
protein techniques
What do blast searches do 1,
How can we purify proteins 2,
How do we pick different methods ...
40  cards
cell division
How are new cells made 1,
What is the cell cycle 2,
What are the two types of cell di...
67  cards
cell death
What are normal cell deaths 1,
What is necrosis 2,
What happens in necrosis 3
15  cards
cell communication
What is intercellular signalling 1,
What are the methods of signallin...,
What is endocrine signalling 3
31  cards
cytoskeleton
What does the cytoskeleton do 1,
What does the cytoskeleton consis...,
Why is support extremely importan...
11  cards
actin filaments
What are actin filaments 1,
What is the subunit of each actin...,
What does the actin monomer do an...
24  cards
microtubules
What are microtubules 1,
What is a microtubule s structure...,
Where do microtubules grow from 3
17  cards
motor proteins
What do motor proteins do and how 1,
What are two examples of motor pr...,
What can actin associate with and...
9  cards
cell junctions
What are cells held together by 1,
What is the apical region of a ce...,
Where are tight junctions found 3
35  cards
cell adhesion
What are three examples of adhesi...,
Are classical cadherins homophili...,
Are ig family members homophilic ...
16  cards
basal lamina
What is connective tissue 1,
What is the ecm produced by in mo...,
What is basal lamina 3
38  cards
antibodies and the immune system
What is the immune system 1,
What are the two types of immunity 2,
What is innate immunity 3
5  cards
innate immune system
What are the disadvantages of ada...,
What do we rely on during the fir...,
What is the first line of defence 3
19  cards
adaptive immune system
What does the adaptive immune sys...,
What are the types of responses f...,
What do cell mediated responses r...
50  cards
antibodies 1
What do antibodies do 1,
How are antibodies formed 2,
What are antibodies synthesised by 3
38  cards
antibodies 2
What are t cells 1,
What do tcrs stand for 2,
What are tcrs 3
26  cards
immune therapies
What do vaccines do 1,
How do b cells work in immune the...,
How do t cells help in immune the...
25  cards
overview of the nervous system
What are the major structures of ...,
What does cns stand for 2,
What does the cns consist of 3
22  cards
neurons
What do neurones do 1,
What does the function of a neuro...,
What is the fundamental task of a...
44  cards
neuronal communication
What is myelin 1,
What forms myelin sheaths 2,
What does myelination do 3
34  cards
Stem cells
What gives rise to every cell typ...,
What happens to a fertilised egg ...,
What is totipotency 3
16  cards
tissues
How many cells does the average a...,
How many types of cells are there 2,
What does cellular diversity allow 3
48  cards
cancer
What do malignant tissues give ri...,
What can cause tumours 2,
When must cells divide 3
16  cards

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