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Tour of the Cell
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
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Robert Hooke -- 1665: examined thinly sliced cork and coined term “cell”
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van Leeuwenhoek --1674: first to observe living cells
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van Leeuwenhoek
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Schleiden and Schwann + others 1. all organisms consist of one or more cells 2. the cell is the basic unit of structure for all organisms 3. all cells arise only from preexisting cells The cell theory
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Light microscopy
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Cilia Electron microscopy
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Cilia Light microscopy Electron microscopy
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Chromosomes Light microscopy
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Electron microscopy
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Fluorescence microscopy Fluorescent micrograph of dividing cells Green: DNA Red: Microtubules
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Units of measurement in cell biology micrometer (micron, )- 1/1,000,000 of a meter, or 1/1000 of a millimeter. useful for measuring the sizes of cells and organelles. “typical” animal cell: 20-40 m “typical” nucleus: 5-10 m bacteria, mitochondria, chloroplasts - few m in diameter
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nanometer - 1/1000 of a m or 1/1,000,000 of a mm. used for molecules and subcellular structures too small to be seen with light microscopy. ribosomes - diameter of 25-30 nm. cell membranes: ~10nm cytoskeletal structures such as microtubules, microfilaments are generallly measured in nm. DNA helix ~2nm
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Measurements 1 centimeter (cm) = 10 –2 meter (m) = 0.4 inch 1 millimeter (mm) = 10 –3 m 1 micrometer (µm) = 10 –3 mm = 10 –6 m 1 nanometer (nm) = 10 –3 µm = 10 –9 m 10 m 1 m Human height Length of some nerve and muscle cells Chicken egg 0.1 m 1 cm Frog egg 1 mm 100 µm Most plant and animal cells 10 µm Nucleus 1 µm Most bacteria Mitochondrion Smallest bacteria Viruses 100 nm 10 nm Ribosomes Proteins Lipids 1 nm Small molecules Atoms 0.1 nm Unaided eye Light microscope Electron microscope Sizes
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Why are cells so small?
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1 1 5 Surface area increases while Total volume remains constant Surface to volume ratio
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A typical rod-shaped bacterium A thin section through the bacterium Bacillus coagulans (TEM) 0.5 µm Pili Nucleoid Ribosomes Plasma membrane Cell wall Capsule Flagella Bacterial chromosome Prokaryotic Cells
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There are two types of cells…..
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Prokaryotic Cell Example: bacteria cell
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Eukaryotic Cells Animal Plant
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Cell parts and functions….
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Plasma Membrane (cell membrane)
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Close-up of nuclear envelope Nucleus Nucleolus Chromatin Nuclear envelope: Inner membrane Outer membrane Nuclear pore Pore complex Ribosome Pore complexes (TEM)Nuclear lamina (TEM) 1 µm Rough ER Nucleus 1 µm 0.25 µm Surface of nuclear envelope Nucleus
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Ribosomes 0.5 µm ER Cytosol Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Free ribosomes Bound ribosomes Large subunit Small subunit Diagram of a ribosome TEM showing ER and ribosomes Ribosomes
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Smooth ER Rough ER ER lumen Cisternae Transport vesicle Smooth ER Rough ER Transitional ER 200 nm Nuclear envelope Endoplasmic reticulum
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Endoplasmic reticulum smooth ER and rough ER
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Golgi apparatus Glycosylation, sorting and distribution of proteins and lipids
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Golgi apparatus Camillo Golgi (1843 – 1926)
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1 µm Lysosome Nucleus Phagocytosis: lysosome digesting food Plasma membrane Food vacuole Digestive enzymes Digestion Lysosome Vesicles
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5 µm Central vacuole Cytosol Tonoplast Central vacuole Nucleus Cell wall Chloroplast Vacuoles
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Contractile Vacuole
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Nuclear envelope Nucleus Rough ER Smooth ER
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Nuclear envelope Nucleus Rough ER Smooth ER Transport vesicle cis Golgi trans Golgi
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Nuclear envelope Nucleus Rough ER Smooth ER Transport vesicle cis Golgi trans Golgi Plasma membrane
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Organelles
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Mitochondrion Chloroplasts
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Mitochondrion Intermembrane space Outer membrane Inner membrane Cristae Matrix 100 nm Mitochondrial DNA Free ribosomes in the mitochondrial matrix Mitochondria
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Chloroplast DNA Ribosomes Stroma Inner and outer membranes Granum Thylakoid 1 µm Chloroplast
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Cytoskeleton microfilament
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8-10 nm 25 nm 7 nm Cytoskeleton
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Microtubules
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Microfilaments
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Microfilaments (actin filaments) Microvillus Plasma membrane Intermediate filaments 0.25 µm Lining of intestine Microfilaments
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Intermediate filaments
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Extracellular components
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Central vacuole of cell Plasma membrane Secondary cell wall Primary cell wall Middle lamella 1 µm Central vacuole of cell Central vacuole Cytosol Plasma membrane Plant cell walls Plasmodesmata Plant Cell Walls
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Plant Cells cellulose
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Animal Cell exterior Extra cellular matrix
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Extracellular components: intercellular junctions
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Interior of cell Interior of cell 0.5 µm PlasmodesmataPlasma membranes Cell walls Plasmodesmata: found in plants
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Tight junctions prevent fluid from moving across a layer of cells Tight junction 0.5 µm 1 µm 0.1 µm Gap junction Extracellular matrix Space between cells Plasma membranes of adjacent cells Intermediate filaments Tight junction Desmosome Gap junctions Animals tight junctions, desmosomes and gap junctions
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Tight junctions
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Desmosome
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Gap junctions
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