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