Minimum Expectations for CELL-ebration Groups
Finding Information
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2. Online:
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MINIMUM CELL-EBRATION EXPECTIONS PER GROUP:
NUCLEUS, RNA, DNA (minimal CELL-ebration requirements)
 Structure & function of nuclear envelope (double phospholipid bi-layer)
 DNA  mRNA  Proteins (Central Dogma)
 Role of the nucleolus
 Role of the nuclear pores
 Significance of DNA
 Significance of RNA
 Role in the endomembrane system
MINIMUM CELL-EBRATION EXPECTIONS PER GROUP:
RIBOSOMES, RER, SER (minimal CELL-ebration requirements)
 Structure & function of ribosomes
 What does endoplasmic reticulum literally mean?
 How are the proteins built by ribosomes into the RER?
 Structure & function of RER
 What is a polyribosome?
 How do vesicles form from the RER?
 Role in the endomembrane system
 Difference between bound and free ribosomes
MINIMUM CELL-EBRATION EXPECTIONS PER GROUP:
PROTEINS, AMINO ACIDS, CELL MEMBRANE (minimal CELL-ebration requirements)
 Structure of an amino acid
 Each level of protein structure and function, including the bonds
 How does the protein structure change as it is moved through the endomembrane
system?
 What types of proteins are synthesized by different types of cells?
 What is the structure of the cell membrane and ALL membrane bound organelles?
 Why can all components of the endomembrane system interact for protein synthesis?
MINIMUM CELL-EBRATION EXPECTIONS PER GROUP:
GOLGI BODY & VESICLES (minimal CELL-ebration requirements)
 Structure & function (what does the Golgi do to the proteins)
 Cis and trans faces of the Golgi
 How is the Golgi like the UPS or FedEx store?
 How do vesicles enter & leave the Golgi?
 What types of vesicles enter the Golgi? Leave the Golgi? Where do vesicles go?
 Cisternae
 Role in the endomembrane system
MINIMUM CELL-EBRATION EXPECTIONS PER GROUP:
MITOCHONDRIA & ATP (minimal CELL-ebration requirements)
 Specific structure of the mitochondria  double membrane
 Endosymbiosis?
 Cristae, matrix, own circular DNA, own ribosomes, own proteins
 Specific structure of ATP
 How does ATP store energy
 What kinds of cells have lots of mitochondria?
 Name of the process that generates ATP
 What is phosphorylation?
MINIMUM CELL-EBRATION EXPECTIONS PER GROUP:
CYTOSKELETON & PLASMA MEMBRANE (minimal CELL-ebration requirements)
 Structure of the Plasma membrane
 Function of the Plasma membrane
 Specific structures of each: microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments
 Specific functions of each: microtubules, microfilaments, intermediate filaments
 What parts of the CELL-ebration represent each cytoskeletal component?
 How does the cytoskeleton aid in protein synthesis?
 Vesicles move along cytoskeleton using ATP and motor proteins