Protein sorting

INTRODUCTION : Protein sorting is also known as protein targeting. Protein sorting or protein targeting. Is the biological mechanism by which proteins are transported to their appropriate destination within or…

Microbody

•A microbody (or cytosome) is a type of organelle that is found in the cells of plants, protozoa, and animals. Organelles in the microbody family include peroxisomes, glyoxysomes, glycosomes •Microbodies…

Vacuole

•A vacuole is an organelle in cells which functions to hold various solutions or materials. •This includes solutions that have been created and are being stored or excreted, and those…

Peroxisomes

•Peroxisomes are small (0.1–1 μm), single-membrane-enclosed organelles •contain enzymes involved in a variety of metabolic reactions, including several aspects of energy metabolism. •Most human cells contain 100–1000 peroxisomes, depending on…

Ribosome

•Ribosomes are the sites of protein synthesis in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. •First characterized as particles detected by ultracentrifugation of cell lysates •ribosomes are usually designated according to their…

Tumor Suppressor Genes

Tumor suppressor genes or anti- oncogenes are the gene that regulates a cell during cell division and replication. These are normal genes that slow down cell division or tell cells…

Microtubules

Microtubule is the third principal component of the cytoskeletal system. These are rigid hollow rods approximately 25 nm in diameter.Like actin filaments, microtubules are dynamic structures that undergo continual assembly…
CYTOSKELETON

CYTOSKELETON

The cytoskeleton is a network of filaments and tubules that extends throughout the cytoplasm, which is all of the natural within a cell except for the nucleus. It is found…
Genome

Genome

•The genomes of most eukaryotes are larger and more complex than those of Prokaryotes •However, the genome size of many eukaryotes does not appear to be related to genetic complexity.…

PROTO-ONCOGENES & ONCOGENES

Proto-oncogenes:-These are the normal cellular genes whose products promote cell proliferation.                                                                        OR Proto-oncogenes are genes that normally help cells grow and divide to make new cells, or to help…