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Plasma membrane
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Term for the membrane that surrounds the cell
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GAG
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Term for the carbohydrate coat on the plasma membrane's exterior.
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Cytosolic ribosome
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This organelle or cellular structure synthesizes cytosolic proteins
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Intermediate filament
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This cytoskeletal element is used primarily for structure but not cellular movement and intracytoplasmic transport
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G-actin
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This is the monomer that is used to build microfilaments
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GAG
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This is the highly hydrated carbohydrate the composes much of the animal cell's extracellular matrix
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Proteogylcan
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These are the extracellualr matrix proteins that associate with the carbohydrates from the GAG
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Mitochondrion
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This organelle is essential for aerobic synthesis of ATP in animal cells
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Smooth ER
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This organelle serves as a calcium sequestering compartment that activate calmodulin protein
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Rough ER
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This organelle synthesizes secreted proteins, lysosomal hydrolase enzymes, and integral membrane proteins rather than cytosolic proteins
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Secretion vesicles
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These are membrane enclosed bags that release proteins to a cell's exterior during exocytosis
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Lysosome
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These organelles are membrane bound bags that contain digestive enzymes that function in an acidic pH
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Peroxisomes
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This organelle assists in detoxification of alcohol and the initial stages of lipid metabolizes, but does not sequester calcium or hydrolize proteins
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Chelator
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This chemical binds divalent cations and can distrupt the attachment of some peripheral membrane proteins to the plasma membrane
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Nucleus
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This is the oragnelle or subcellular location where transcription of mRNA occurs
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