BIOL 300, BOTANY, OUTLINE # 1

 

PLANT CELLS: WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT

 

1.      Properties of carbon

a.       functional groups

 

2.      Monomers and polymers

 

3.      Four classes of polymers important to living organisms

a.       carbohydrates

i.        storage polysaccharides

ii.      structural polysaccharides

b.      lipids

i.        fats and oils = triglycerides

ii.      phospholipids

iii.    waxes

iv.    steroids

c.       proteins

d.      nucleic acids

i.        ATP

 

4.      Secondary metabolites

a.       alkaloids

b.      terpenoids

c.       phenolics

d.      others

 

5.      Cell theory

a.       cell size

b.      prokaryote vs. eukaryote

 

6.      Plant cell structure

a.       cell wall

i.        cellulose

ii.      primary wall

iii.    secondary walls

iv.    plasmodesmata

b.      nucleus

c.       plasma membrane

i.        fluid mosaic model

ii.      water transport across membranes

iii.    solute transport across membranes

iv.    vesicle-mediated transport across membranes

v.      signal transduction

vi.    plasmodesmata

d.      chloroplasts

e.       other plastids

f.       mitochondria

g.      peroxisomes

h.      vacuoles

i.        oil bodies

j.        ribosomes

k.      endoplasmic reticulum

l.        Golgi complex

m.    cytoskeleton

n.      flagella and cilia