BIOL 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Glycocalyx, Archaea, Nucleoid

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Some organisms are unicellular, and as such the cell, that is the organism, is able to perform all processes required to live: others, which are multicellular, have cells which are highly specialized and perform a specific function. Increasing a cell"s size decreases the surface area-to-volume ratio because the volume increases quicker than the surface area: as a result the exchange of substances exchanged would not occur quick enough and the cell would die. Characteristics of all cells: all cells are enclosed by a plasma membrane and have a central region containing dna surrounded by cytoplasm. It synthesizes and modifies proteins and lipids, and transports them throughout the cell or out of the cell, as well as detoxifying toxins, waste removal, and recycling of organic molecules. They are easy to obtain, cultivate and grow quickly in simple, inexpensive conditions. What leaves the nucleus: rna for protein synthesis, transport proteins, defective and damaged proteins.

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