Macromolecules
Which macromolecule contains the most energy per gram?
Lipids
Which organelles are responsible for making proteins?
Ribosomes
How is oxygen able to enter the cell?
Simple diffusion
What is the fundamental structure of DNA called?
What is a double helix
What type of bacterial DNA is used to clone genes?
Plasmid
Proteins
What is the fundamental structure of a cell membrane?
Phospholipid bilayer
What are the channels on cells that allow for the easy movement of water?
Aquaporins
Uracil
What structure in the bacterial immune system cuts DNA?
Cas-9
There is no monomer.
Golgi apparatus
What molecule is needed for active transport but not passive transport?
ATP
What is a hydrogen bond
A bacterium injected with a gene of interest is called a
Recombinant bacterium
What is the polymer of a protein technically called?
A polypeptide
In the mitochondria
How do materials move in active transport?
Against their concentration gradient (from low to high concentration)
What term describes changes in the DNA sequence?
What is a mutation
Interference
Dehydration synthesis
What is the role of lysosomes?
They contain enzymes that break down cellular products.
What type of solution contains more solute than solvent?
Hypertonic
deoxyribose
Cells turn genes on and off depending on when and if they need them This is known as
Gene regulation