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Cellular Machinery
Cellular Conditions
Cellular Molecules
Chemistry
Potpourri
100
Which organelle is the site of protein synthesis?
What is the Ribosome.
100
What is the name for the movement of water across a membrane?
What is osmosis.
100
DNA is made of what monomers?
What are nucleotides.
100
Name the bond that forms between a metal and a nonmetal?
What is an ionic bond.
100
Chemicals such as neurotransmitters typically associate with what type of proteins?
What are receptors.
200
What is the basic unit of a protein.
What is an amino acid.
200
A cell with only one complete set of chromosomes is said to be ____.
What is a haploid cell.
200
Monosaccharides are the subunits of what complex cellular molecule?
What is a carbohydrate.
200
What is the strongest type of intermolecular bond between molecules?
What are hydrogen bonds.
200
What do viruses typically need to reproduce?
What is a host.
300
Which cellular compartment is responsible for disposal of waste of broken cellular components?
What is the Lysosome.
300
What is the name for the mechanism that results in programmed cell death?
What is apoptosis.
300
The network of protein filaments that provide the cell with structural support and facilitate movement.
What is the cytoskeleton.
300
Name the bond that holds atmospheric oxygen (O2) together.
What is a covalent bond.
300
The type of membrane associated import that involves two required molecules that, when both present, do not require energy for crossing the membrane.
What is symport.
400
What is the typical type of protein domain that is imbedded in the cell membrane?
What is hydrophobic alpha helices.
400
In which type of solution would water leave the cell causing the cell to shrink?
What is a hypertonic solution.
400
A cellular molecule that is made up of amine and carboxylic acid functional groups and a specific side chain.
What is and amino acid.
400
An aluminum isotope has 13 protons, 13 electrons, and 14 neutrons. What is its atomic mass?
What is 27.
400
This type of mutation is associated with a movement of the nucleotide sequence that is read by the transcriptional machinery.
What is a frameshift mutation.
500
Which family of proteins are responsible for adding one or more phosphate groups to other proteins?
What are protein kinases.
500
When a cell has a very fluid membrane, it contains a large amount of which type of lipid (fatty acid)?
What is unsaturated.
500
__-DNA is stabilized by negative supercoiling that is generated during transcription. (A,B, or Z)
What is Z DNA.
500
What is produced in a reaction between a strong acid and a strong base?
What is water and a salt.
500
What type of immune cell is primarily responsible for producing and releasing antibodies?
What are B cells.