BIOL 4004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cell Biology, Cell Culture, Microbiological Culture
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Mbc5 study guide chapter 8 (manipulating proteins, dna, and rna) Read the text of chapter 8 including these figures. A cell culture refers to a population of cells that have been grown in the laboratory. Cell culturing methods enable cell biologists to obtain large numbers of cells for experimentation. In addition, the components that are added to a cell culture can be controlled, which is another experimental advantage. In this section, we will consider some of the issues associated with cell culturing methods, and how cells can be manipulated experimentally. The cells that a cell biologist wishes to study may come from a variety of sources. If the cells are derived from unicellular species, such as bacteria or yeast, such cells are typically obtained from colleagues or scientific stock centers at various places around the world. If the cells are from a multicellular species, such as animals and plants, the situation is a bit more complex.
