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Fig. 6 TEM micrographs of seed coat and aleurone cells of radish control seed 18 h after sowing in water e, epidermis pi, pigment layer al, aleurone layer. (A) Bar = 30 pm Particulars of the aleurone cell showing some organelles nucleus (n), plasmodesmata (pd), protein bodies (pb) and lipid droplets (Id). (B, C). Bar = 5 mm. 

The intracellular environment of eukaryote cells can be subdivided into many regions, including the organelles, nucleus, cytoplasm and the cell periphery. Thus solutes must be delivered to the right intracellular compartment at the correct time to efficiently serve cellular biochemistry. Uncharged solutes such as glucose presumably diffuse across the cell, and the traditional view held until recently was that the major electrolytes, such as Na+,K+,CF and Mg2+, also move around the cell by simple diffusion to eventually arrive at the relevant subcellular compartment by chance. 

The most obvious function of a membrane is to serve as a physical barrier or boundary between the interior of a cell or subcellular organelle (nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplast, etc.) and the surrounding medium. It has become evident, however, that this is far too static a view of the membrane. It is true that membranes act as envelopes and contain contents of cells or organelles, but all membranes possess machinery for selective movement of molecules across them, and frequently pump... 

Regardless of the approach, bottom-up or top-down, cells, their compartments and organelles (nucleus, mitochondria, endosomes etc.) as well as body fluids are complex and dynamic systems comprising of multiple networks of interacting... 

What detection resolution is needed Consider the experiment and the need for localization of label to a specific organelle, nucleus, or cell. For localization to a vesicle, methods with detection resolutions of seven or higher will be needed, while localization to a cell could use detection resolutions as low as 1. A method with low or poor detection resolution results in a label that covers a larger area than the location of the 1° antibody. With high detection resolution, the label approaches the size of the 1° antibody. There is an inverse relationship between the detection resolution and the detection sensitivity. A method with high detection resolution will have low detection sensitivity. 

The most important lipophilic antioxidant that acts in eucary-otic cells to protect unsaturated lipids against free radical damage is vitamin E, especially a-tocopherol. Along with P-carotene and coenzyme Q, it protects the structure and integrity of biomembranes, such as the cytoplasmic cell membrane (or plasmolema) and intracellular membranes of organelles (nucleus, mitochondria, lysosome and endoplasmic reticulum). It k ako employed in the protection of lipoproteins present in plasma. It is transported in the bloodstream by association with the lipid phase of low density Hpoprotein (LDL) particles (see Section 3.6.1). Each LDL particle contains six molecules of vitamin E. 

Neurons have three parts the cell body and dendrites, the axon, and axon terminals. The cell body contains the nucleus and the organelles needed for metabolism, growth, and repair. The dendrites are branched extensions of the cell body membrane. The axon is a long, thin structure which transfers electrical impulses down to the terminals. The axon divides into numerous axon terminals and it is in this specialized region that neurotransmitters are released to transmit information from one neuron to its neighbors. The synapse has been defined as the space between two subsequent interrelated neurons. ... 

Prokaryotic cells have only a single membrane, the plasma membrane or cell membrane. Because they have no other membranes, prokaryotic cells contain no nucleus or organelles. Nevertheless, they possess a distinct nuclear area where a single circular chromosome is localized, and some have an internal membranous structure called a mesosome that is derived from and continuous with the cell membrane. Reactions of cellular respiration are localized on these membranes. In photosynthetic prokaryotes such as the cyanobacteria,... 

The synthesis of virtually all proteins in a cell begins on ribosomes in the cytosol (except a few mitochondrial, and in the case of plants, a few chloroplast proteins that are synthesized on ribosomes inside these organelles). The fate of a protein molecule depends on its amino acid sequence, which can contain sorting signals that direct it to its corresponding organelle. Whereas proteins of mitochondria, peroxisomes, chloroplasts and of the interior of the nucleus are delivered directly from the cytosol, all other organelles receive their set of proteins indirectly via the ER. These proteins enter the so-called secretory pathway (Fig. 1). 

Proteoglycans are also found in intracellular locations such as the nucleus their function in this organelle has not been elucidated. They are present in some storage or secretory granules, such as the chromaffin granules of the adrenal medulla. It has been posm-lated that they play a role in release of the contents of such granules. The various functions of GAGs are summarized in Table 48-8. 

Bacteria, being procaryotic, do not show compartmentation of the biosynthetic processes. The genome of a bacterium relates directly to the cytoplasm of the cell. Transcription into mRNA can lead directly to translation, and the processes of transcription and translation are not carried out in separate organelles. Animal cells, being eucaryotic, show compartmentation of the transcription and translation processes. Transcription of the genome into mRNA occurs in the nucleus, whereas translation occurs in the cytoplasm. The messenger RNA in the eucaryote is usually modified by adding to it... 

Not all the cellular DNA is in the nucleus some is found in the mitochondria. In addition, mitochondria contain RNA as well as several enzymes used for protein synthesis. Interestingly, mitochond-rial RNA and DNA bear a closer resemblance to the nucleic acid of bacterial cells than they do to animal cells. For example, the rather small DNA molecule of the mitochondrion is circular and does not form nucleosomes. Its information is contained in approximately 16,500 nucleotides that func-tion in the synthesis of two ribosomal and 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs). In addition, mitochondrial DNA codes for the synthesis of 13 proteins, all components of the respiratory chain and the oxidative phosphorylation system. Still, mitochondrial DNA does not contain sufficient information for the synthesis of all mitochondrial proteins most are coded by nuclear genes. Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol from nuclear-derived messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and then transported into the mito-chondria, where they contribute to both the structural and the functional elements of this organelle. Because mitochondria are inherited cytoplasmically, an individual does not necessarily receive mitochondrial nucleic acid equally from each parent. In fact, mito-chondria are inherited maternally. 

This process of gene transfer, called lateral gene transfer (LGT), does not seem to have stopped at the borders of cellular organelles and nucleus, either. LGT may explain incongruous patterns of inheritance for some... 

The eukaryotes these include animals, plants, fungi and protozoa, the DNA of which is enclosed in a membrane-enclosed organelle (the cell nucleus). They have a cytoskeleton (a fine membrane-like network in the interior of the cell, which provides stability) and contain mitochondria. Higher plants, as well as algae, are equipped with chloroplasts for photosynthesis. 

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