BIOL10002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nuclear Membrane, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Nuclear Dna

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Compartments within the cytoplasm whose interior are separated from the cytosol by membranes. Plasma membrane: forms the outer surface of the cell. Much compositional and functional diversity in the proteins associated with the plasma membrane. Acts as a selectively permeable membrane barrier, preventing some substances from crossing it while permitting other substances to enter and leave the cell. Allows cell to maintain a more or less constant internal environment. As the cell"s boundary with the outside environment, plasma membrane is important in communicating with adjacent cells and receiving signals from the environment. Has proteins protruding from it that are responsible for binding and adhering to adjacent cells. Thus the plasma membrane plays an important structural role and contributes to cell shape. Found in multiple places: cytoplasm, where they may be free or attached to the surface of er, inside the mitochondria, inside chloroplasts. Surrounded by a double membrane or nuclear envelope.

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