A.P. Biology - Cell Structure and Function Vocab

Golgi

discovered the Golgi apparatus in 1848

Mitoplast

mitochondrion with the outer membrane removed

Eubacteria

“true” bacteria

rRNA

produced by rDNA and is made and stored in the nucleolus

Schwann

German, concluded that animals are composed of cells in 1839

Leeuwenhoek

Dutch, developed the first simple light microscope in the mid-1600s

Phagocytosis

process by which a phagocyte engulfs a foreign material

Archeabacteria

“ancient” bacteria

Thylakoids

flattened sacs inside chloroplast, site of light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis

Virchow

German, concluded that every cell comes from a pre-existing cell

Schleiden

German, concluded that all plants are composed of cells in the 1830s

Altman

discovered mitochondria, named them bioblasts, and created the theory that they were once free-living

mRNA

messenger RNA, connects the two subunits of a ribosome

Pleomorphic

many different shapes

Hooke

English, observed cork tissue and named the structures he saw cells in 1665

Svedburg

discovered that the sedimentation rate is 10^-13sec