Function
This material inside the nucleus contains the cell’s genetic information
What is DNA?
The double membrane that surrounds the nucleus
What is the nuclear envelope?
The scientist duscovered the nucleus in 1831
Who is Robert Brown?
The nucleolus disappears during this phase of mitosis
What is prophase?
The small openings that control the movement of RNA and proteins in and out of the nucleus
What are nuclear pores?
True or false: Both plant and animal cells have a nucleus
What is true?
The nuclear envelope reforms at the end of mitosis during this phase
What is telophase?
The dense region inside the nucleus where rRNA is produced
What is the nucleolus?
The plural of “nucleus“
What is nuclei?
Key difference between gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
What is: In eukaryotes, transcription are seperated by the nuclear membrane and in prokaryotes, they occur together?
The protein network that lines the inner membrane and provides structural support
What is the lamina?
Mature red blood cells lack this structure entirely
What is the nucleus?
Cells without a nucleus are called this
What are prokaryotic cells?
The gel-like fluid inside the nucleus that holds chromatin and the nucleolus
What is nucleoplasm?
The nucleus takes up about this percentage of a typical eukaryotic cell’s volume
What is 10%