BIOL 1090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lipid Bilayer, Amphiphile, Cholesterol
12 Oct 2016
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Compartments: membrane bound structures dedicated to a particular function. When looking at the visible spectrum in order of increasing wavelength size, it is backwards from what we normally know (vibgyor) Practical application: small wavelength (eg: purple) = high energy, long wavelength (eg: red) = low energy. Fluorescent proteins from several marine organisms have made it possible to look inside living cells. Many different creatures have been labeled with gfp, making them glow in the dark: sometimes if someone has a metastasizing tumour, we can use this protein to track it. What is an organelle: a membrane bound compartment with a characteristic content and a specific function. What is a compartment: a separate section or part of something, an area in which something can be considered in isolation, or separate from other things. What does a compartment achieve: compartmentalizes: divides a whole into separate parts of sections, sequesters: keeps contents from mixing with others. 2 march 2016: the boundary, the contents.
