BIOL 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nucleolus, Cell Membrane, Cytoskeleton

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The cell theory: all organisms are composed of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of all living organisms, cells are not created, but come from existing cells. If cells increase in diameter they also increase in volume: however, volume increases more rapidly than surface area thus exchange of substances between the cell and its environment can become limiting. Fluorescence microscopy: chemical dyes and proteins fluorescence (give off light when light is shone on them, allows us to see particular parts of cells, provides very high levels of contrast. The shorter the wavelength, the better the resolution. Scanning electron microscopy: objects are coated with an electron dense material (lead/gold) allows us to see the surface of the object. Prokaryotes: more evolutionarily advanced, compartmentalized for functional separation, prokaryotes, the bacteria and archaea are the smallest cells, simple cells in terms of structure, no membrane-bound subcellular compartments, nucleoid region, no cytoskeleton.

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